¹⁸ And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

³ And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

⁴² and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age;' and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city.

⁷ and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that `is' between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;

¹ And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?'

¹² And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel -- when I search my father, about `this' time to-morrow `or' the third `day', and lo, good `is' towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear --

¹³ thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father, then I have uncovered thine ear, and sent thee away, and thou hast gone in peace, and Jehovah is with thee, as he was with my father;

¹⁴ and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,

¹⁵ but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.'

¹⁶ And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought `it' from the hand of the enemies of David;

¹⁷ and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.