1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, 'What have I done? What is my iniquity?' and 'What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?'
2 He said to him, 'Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.'
3 David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
4 Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
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