Your kingdom will not last. Jehovah searched for a man after his own heart. Jehovah appointed him as ruler of his people. This is because you did not follow the command of Jehovah.

Jehovah saved me from lions and bears. He will save me from this Philistine. Saul answered: Go and Jehovah be with you.

After the boy left, David got up from behind the pile of stones. He fell on his knees and bowed with his face to the ground three times. Both he and Jonathan cried as they kissed each other. David's grief was even greater than Jonathan's. Jonathan said to David: God be with you. Jehovah will make sure that you and I, and your descendants and mine, will keep the sacred promise we have made to each other for as long as we live. Then David left and Jonathan went back to town.

The king was shaken by the news. He went to the room above the gate and cried. My son Absalom! He said. My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!

Absalom ran away to Geshur. He stayed there for three years with King Talmai the son of Ammihud. King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon's death.

One day, David thought: I wonder if any of Saul's family is still alive. If they are I will be kind to them. This is because I made a promise to Jonathan.

([Psalm of David]) I wait silently for my God. My salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my stronghold. I cannot be severely shaken.