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So Jonathan made an agreement with David. He said, "May the Lord hold David's enemies responsible."

Jonathan said to David, "Tomorrow is the New Moon festival. Your seat will be empty, so my father will miss you.

So David hid in the field. When the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.

That day Saul said nothing. He thought, "Maybe something has happened to David so that he is unclean."

But the next day was the second day of the month, and David's place was still empty. So Saul said to Jonathan, "Why hasn't the son of Jesse come to the feast yesterday or today?"

Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan, trying to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.

So the priest gave David the holy bread from the presence of God because there was no other. Each day the holy bread was replaced with hot bread.

David asked Ahimelech, "Do you have a spear or sword here? The king's business was very important, so I left without my sword or any other weapon."

So he pretended to be crazy in front of Achish and his servants. While he was with them, he acted like a madman and clawed on the doors of the gate and let spit run down his beard.

So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was hiding in the stronghold.

But the prophet Gad said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

Then the king ordered Doeg, "Go and kill the priests." So Doeg the Edomite went and killed the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen holy vest.

Then David told him, "Doeg the Edomite was there at Nob that day. I knew he would surely tell Saul. So I am responsible for the death of all your father's family.

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines and took their cattle. David killed many Philistines and saved the people of Keilah.

David learned Saul was making evil plans against him. So he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the holy vest."

So David and his six hundred men left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul found out that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.

So they went back to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon in the desert area south of Jeshimon.

So Saul stopped chasing David and went to challenge the Philistines. That is why people call this place Rock of Parting.

So he took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and began looking for David and his men near the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

So David made the promise to Saul. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went up to their hideout.