1So David dipped from Naioth in Ramah and was like, "Yo, what’s my deal? Why is your dad coming for my life?"

2Jonathan was like, "Nah fam, you ain't gonna die; my dad won’t do anything without letting me know. Why would he keep this from me? That’s sus."

3David swore and said, "Your dad knows I got mad rizz with you, and he’s like, 'Don’t tell Jonathan, or he'll be bummed.' But fr, there’s just one step between me and death."

4Jonathan replied, "Whatever you want, I got you, no cap."

5David was like, "Tomorrow’s the new moon, and I gotta chill with the king at dinner, but let me bounce to hide in the field until the third day."

6If your dad notices I'm MIA, just say I asked to vibe in Bethlehem for the yearly fam sacrifice."

7If he’s cool with it, we’re all good; but if he’s heated, then you know something’s up."

8So you gotta be chill with me; we’re tight with the Lord’s covenant. But if I’m sus, just take me out yourself; why bring me to your dad?"

9Jonathan was like, "Nah, that’s not it; if I knew for sure my dad was plotting against you, I’d spill the tea."

10David asked Jonathan, "Who’s gonna tell me? What if your dad comes at you sideways?"

11Jonathan hit up David, "Yo, let’s bounce to the field." They both dipped out to the field.

12Jonathan said to God, "Ayo, if I vibe check my dad tomorrow or the day after, and if he’s chill with David, I won’t hit you up, no cap."

13"God do what you gotta do to Jonathan, but if my dad’s on some sus stuff, I’ll let you know and send you off in peace. God’s with you like he was with my pops."

14"Just promise me you’ll keep it real with me while I’m still here, so I don’t kick the bucket."

15"And don’t ghost my fam after I’m gone, even when God wipes out all of David’s haters."

16Jonathan made a pact with David’s crew, saying, "God better hold David’s enemies accountable."

17Jonathan got David to promise again 'cause he loved him like he loved himself, fr.

18Then Jonathan told David, "Tomorrow’s the new moon, and you’re gonna be missed 'cause your spot’s gonna be empty."

19"After three days, just slide down quick and hit up the spot where you were hiding before, chill by the stone Ezel."

20"I’m gonna shoot three arrows to the side, like I’m aiming at a target."

21Yo, I’m sending a dude to check out the arrows. If I say, “Yo, the arrows are over here,” then grab them and come through, ‘cause it’s all chill, no cap, God’s got your back.

22But if I say, “The arrows are over there,” then bounce, ‘cause the Lord’s got you on a mission.

23As for what we talked about, the Lord’s gonna be between you and me forever, fr.

24So David was low-key hiding in the field, and when the new moon hit, the king sat down to feast.

25The king was chilling in his usual spot by the wall, and Jonathan stood up while Abner was next to Saul, but David’s seat was empty, vibes.

26But Saul didn’t say anything that day, thinking, “Something’s sus with him; he must be unclean.”

27The next day, David’s seat was still empty, and Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn’t Jesse’s son shown up for the feast, yesterday or today?”

28Jonathan told Saul, “David hit me up, asking to go to Bethlehem.”

29He said, “Let me dip, ‘cause our fam’s got a sacrifice in the city, and my bro told me to be there. If you’re cool with it, let me bounce and see my fam. That’s why he’s not at the king’s table.”

30Then Saul got mad at Jonathan and said, “You son of a wild woman, don’t you know you picked Jesse’s son over me, and that’s just messy for you and your mom?”

31As long as Jesse's son is still kicking, your kingdom's sus and ain't happening. So, send for him 'cause he's about to catch some serious smoke.

32Jonathan was like, "Yo, Dad, why you gotta do him dirty? What did he even do?"

33Saul straight-up threw a javelin at him, and that's when Jonathan knew his dad was dead set on taking David out.

34Jonathan got up from the table all mad and skipped the whole second day meal, 'cause he was bummed about David getting played.

35The next morning, Jonathan went to the field to meet David, bringing a little homie along.

36He told his boy, "Run and see where my arrows land." As the kid ran, Jonathan shot an arrow way past him.

37When the kid got to the spot where the arrow landed, Jonathan yelled, "Aren't the arrows past you?"

38Jonathan shouted, "Hurry up, don't take your time!" The kid collected the arrows and ran back to his dude.

39But the kid had no clue what was going on; only Jonathan and David were in the loop.

40Jonathan gave his gear to his boy and said, "Go, take this to the city."

41As soon as the homie bounced, David got up from chillin' in the south, hit the ground, and bowed three times. They hugged it out and cried together until David was just done with it.

42Jonathan told David, "Go in peace, fam, 'cause we both promised in the Lord's name that He'll always be between us and our fams." Then David dipped, and Jonathan headed back to the city.

1And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

2And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

4Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

5And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

6If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

7If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

8Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

9And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

10Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

11And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

12And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

13The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

14And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:

15But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

18Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

19And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

21And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.

22But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.

23And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.

26Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

27And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:

29And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.

30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

33And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

35And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

36And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

37And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

39But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.