^{26 Ref} And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It `is' an accident; he is not clean -- surely not clean.'

^{27 Ref} And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David's place is looked after, and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son, `Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or to-day, unto the food?'

^{28 Ref} And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,

^{29 Ref} and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother himself hath given command to me, and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren; therefore he hath not come unto the table of the king.'

^{30 Ref} And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, `Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?

^{31 Ref} for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy kingdom; and now, send and bring him unto me, for he `is' a son of death.'

^{32 Ref} And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?'

^{33 Ref} And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.