1 Samuel 20:1-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

David and Jonathan Covenant

20 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and ^(A)said ^[a]to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?” ² He said to him, “Far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small ^[b]without disclosing it to me. So why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!” ³ Yet David ^(B)vowed again, ^[c]saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly ^(C)as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is ^[d]hardly a step between me and death.”