14 And if I remain alive, please keep your sacred promise and be loyal to me; but if I die,
15 show the same kind of loyalty to my family for ever. And when the Lord has completely destroyed all your enemies,
16 may our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, the Lord will punish you.”
17 Once again Jonathan made David promise to love him, for Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
18 Then Jonathan said to him, “Since tomorrow is the New Moon Festival, your absence will be noticed if you aren't at the meal.
19 The day after tomorrow your absence will be noticed even more; so go to the place where you hid the other time, and hide behind the pile of stones there.
20 I will then shoot three arrows at it, as though it were a target.