17. Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.
18. Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty.
19. On the third day you should go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself the day this all started. Stay near the stone Ezel.
20. I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.
21. When I send a boy after them, I will say, “Go and find the arrows.” If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem.
22. But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.
23. With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!”
24. So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.