20 I'll shoot three arrows at a target off to the side of the rock,
21 and send my servant to find the arrows.You'll know if it's safe to come out by what I tell him. If it is safe, I swear by the living Lord that I'll say, “The arrows are on this side of you! Pick them up!”
22 But if it isn't safe, I'll say to the boy, “The arrows are further away!” This will mean that the Lord wants you to leave, and you must go.
23 But he will always watch us to make sure that we keep the promise we made to each other.
24 So David hid there in the field.During the New Moon Festival, Saul sat down to eat
25 by the wall, just as he always did. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner sat next to him. But David's place was empty.
26 Saul didn't say anything that day, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened to make David unfit to be at the Festival. Yes, something must have happened.”