6....And Saul eyed David from that day forward. And Saul faw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. And Saul fpake 10 Jonathan, his fon, and to all his fervants, that they fhould kill David.

7....But Jonathan, Saul's fon, delighted much in David; and Jonathan told David, faying, My father feeketh to kill thee. Now, therefore, I pray thee, take heed unto thyself until the morning, and abide in a fecret place, and hide thyfelt and I will go out and fland befide my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I fee that will I tell thee.

8....And Jonathan spake good of David unto his father, and faid unto him, Let not the king fin against his fervant, against David; because he hath not finned against thee, and becaufe his works have been to thee ward very good. For he did put his life in his hand, and flew the Philiftine, and the Lord wrought a great falvation for all Ifrael; thou faweft it and didft rejoice: Wherefore then wilt thou fin against innocent blood, to flay David without a caufe ?

9.And Saul hearkened onto the voice of Jonathan and Saul fware, As the Lord liveth, he fhall not he flain. And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan fhewed him all thofe things; and Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his prefence as in times past.

10....And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philiftines, and flew them with a great flaughter; and they fled from him. And the evil fpirit was upon Saul, as he fat in his house

with his javelin in his hand :--and David played with with his hand. And Saul fought to fmite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he flipped away out of Saul's prefence, and he fmote the javelin into the walt and David fled, and escaped that night. And David came to Samuel to Ramah.

11... And it came to pass afterward, that David fled from Naioth in Ramah,and came, and faid before Jonathan, What have I done? What is mine iniquny? And what is my fin before thy father, that he feeketh my life? And Jonathan faid unto him, Thou fhait not die; behold, my father will do nothing, either great or fmall, but that he will fhew it me; and why fhould my father hide this thing from me? It is not fo.

12....And David faid, thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he faith, Let not Jonathan know this, left he be grieved; but truly, as thy foul liveth, there is but a step betwi me and death. Then faid Jonathan unto David, What foever thy foul defireth, I will even do it for thee.

13.....And David faid unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I fhould not fail to st with the king at meat but let me go that I may "hide myself in the field until the third day at even.If thy father at all mifs me, then fay, David earnestly afked leave of me, that he might run to Bethlehem his city. If he fay, it is well, thy fervant fhall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be fure that evil is determined of him.

14....Therefore thou fhalt deal kindly with thy fervant; for thou haft brought thy fervant into a covenant of the Lord with thee; notwithstanding if there be in me iniquity, flay me thyfelf; for why fhouldeft

thou bring me to thy father? And Jonathan faid, if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my ła. ther to come upon thee, then would I not tell it thee? Then faid David to Jonathan, Who fhall tell me? or what if thy father anfwer thee roughly?

15....And Jonathan faid unto David, Come, let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. And Jonathan faid unto David, O Lord God of Ifrael, when I have founded my father, behold, if there be good toward David, and I fend it not to thee, and fhew it thee, the Lord do fo and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will fhew it thee, and fend thee away, that thou mayeft go in peace and the Lord be with thee.

16....And thou shalt not only, while yet alive, fhew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not; but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my houfe forSo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David; and Jonathan caufed David to make oath again, because he loved him as he loved his own foul.

ever.

17....Then Jonathan faid to David, To-morrow is the new moon; and thou fhalt be miffed, because thy fear will be empty. And when thou haft ftayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didft hide thyfelf; and I will fhoot three arrows on the fide thereof, as though I fhot at a mark.

out the arrows.

18....And, behold, I will fend a lad, faying, go find If I exprefsly fay unto the lad, Behold the arrows are on this fide of thee, then come thou; for there is peace to thee. But if I lay thus unto the young man, Behold the arrows are beyond thee, gothy way; for the Lord hath fent thee away.

And as to what we have fpoken together, behold, the Lord be between me and thee forever?

19....So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king fat down to eat meat, And the king fat upon his fear, as at other times, and Abner fat by Saul's fide, and David's place was empty. Nevertheless, Saul fpake not any thing that day; tor he thought fomething had betallen him.

And it

came to pass on the morrow, that David's place was empty; and Saul faid unto Jonathan, his fon, Wherefore cometh not the fon of Jeffe to meat, neither yefterday nor to-day ?

20....And Jonathan answered Saul, David earneftly afked leave of me to go to Bethlehem. Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he faid unto him, Do not I know that thou haft chofen the son of Jeffe to thine own confufion? For as long as the fon of Jeffe liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom: Wherefore now fend and fetch him unto me, for he fhall furely die.

21...And Jonathan anfwered his father, and faid unto him, Wherefore fhall he be flain? What hath he done? And Saul caft a javelin at him to fmite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to flay David. So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat that day; for he was grieved for David, becaufe his father had done him fhame.

22...And it came to pafs in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field, at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. And he faid unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I fhoot. And as the lad ran, he fhot an arrow beyond him. And when the lad had come to the place of

the arrow which Jonathan had fhot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and faid, is not the arrow beyond thee?

23....And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, hafte, ftay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his mafter. But the lad knew not any thing only Jonathan and David knew the matter. And Jonathan gave his artillery unto the lad, and faid unto him, Go carry them to the city.

24....And as foon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the fouth, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times; and they kiffed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. And Jonathan faid to David, Go in peace, forafmuch as we have covenanted together in the name of the Lord, faying, the Lord be be. tween me and thee, and between my children and thy children.

REMARKS.

This beautiful picture of friendship is held up to view as a useful copy for youth. Such a pure and lively friendship as there was between the young men, David and Jonathan, fhould always be among brothers and fifters. They should be pitiful to each other in trouble, and rejoice in one another's welfare; and fhould ever be polite and obliging, kind and affection.

ate.

Behold how good and how pleafant it is for brothers and fifters to dwell together in unity! It is like the dew of the morning upon the new blown flowers and

bloffoms.