7 If he says, ‘Very well,’ your servant is safe. But if he becomes quite angry, you can be sure he has planned some harm.
8 Do this kindness for your servant because of the Lord’s covenant into which you brought us: if I am guilty, kill me yourself! Why should you give me up to your father?”
9 But Jonathan answered: “Not I! If ever I find out that my father is determined to harm you, I will certainly let you know.”
10 David then asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father gives you a harsh answer?”
11 Jonathan replied to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” When they were out in the open country together,
12 Jonathan said to David: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, I will sound out my father about this time tomorrow. Whether he is well disposed toward David or not, I will inform you.
13 Should it please my father to bring any harm upon you, may the Lord do thus to Jonathan and more, if I do not inform you of it and send you on your way in peace. May the Lord be with you even as he was with my father.