Saul accepted Jonathan's advice and took an oath, "As surely as the Lord lives, he will not be put to death."

Jonathan called out to the servant, "Hurry! Go faster! Don't delay!" Jonathan's servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

The king asked, "Is there not someone left from Saul's family, that I may extend God's kindness to him?" Ziba said to the king, "One of Jonathan's sons is left; both of his feet are crippled."

So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.

If they do this, tell them, 'I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan's house.'"