38 Don't just stand there! Hurry up!” The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master,
39 not knowing what it all meant; only Jonathan and David knew.
40 Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and told him to take them back to the town.
41 After the boy had left, David got up from behind the pile of stones, fell on his knees and bowed with his face to the ground three times. Both he and Jonathan were crying as they kissed each other; David's grief was even greater than Jonathan's.
42 Then Jonathan said to David, “God be with you. The Lord will make sure that you and I, and your descendants and mine, will for ever keep the sacred promise we have made to each other.” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.