The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-07-22


athan went out where David had slep
= beneath the stars all night, only hi
] cloak around him, and fetched hin
{, back to the kings house, and for
period there was peace.
Yet the king plotted again anC
, thought to Stay David. Now, Dayit
had taken to wife Michal, the daugh
ter of Saul. She warned him and he
escaped. And Jonathan and DaviC
met, and David said:
"What have | done that the hanc
of the king is lifted against me?"
And at first Jonathan tried to per-
suade him that it was not so; but he
knew in his heart hat David spoke
truth. Now, it was the time of the
e moon, when the chiefs of Israel
came up to the house of Saul to feast
and to render homage.
Jonathan said: whatsoever thing
thou desirest me to do, that will l do,
for thou knowest we are more than
brothers."
Now, it was in the heart of Jona-
than that David should one day rule
upon. the throne of Israel; but he felt
no bitterness nor anger, deeming it
enough that he should serve him and
be second to him.
And David said:
"The king will ask why | come not
for the feast of the new moon; tell
him that by thy leave l went down to
Bethlehem, and learn what the king
has determined against me-"
So it was agreed that David should
hide once more outside the city; and
when Jonathan had learned what was
in the heart of the king he should
come out with bow and arrow. And
this should be a signal: When Jona-
than had shot an arrow and sent the
boy that was with him after it, if he
cried to the boy that he had gone be-
yond the arrow, then David should re-
turn for all was well; but if he said:
"The arrow is beyond thee" then
David should know that evil was de-
termined against him.
Three days the feast of the new
continued. The first day Saul
made no inquiry concerning David.
But the second day he said to jon
"Why doth the son of Jesse not
up to meat with u.s."
And Jonathan said:
"He asked me and l gave him leave
to 90 down to Bethlehem, the city of
MS fathers"
Then the blind rage fell upon Saul,
and he cried out and raved. And he
said:
"Thou son of a perverse rebellious
woman, why wilt thou continually
make friendship with the son of
Jesse? For as long as he liveth up
IN the earth, thy kingdom is in peril
md thou shalt not be established in
t."
Jonathan said:
"What has he done that he is worthy
# death?"
And the king flung a %javelin at him
md Jonathan went out sad and very
for he knew that his father
would Stay David if ever he could.
And he went out to the field with
lis boy that carried his bow and his
and he shot an arrow, and
when the boy ran to fetch it, Jonathan
hot another arrow, and he called to
he lad, saying:
''The arrow is beyond thee"
And the boy came back with the ar
ows, and Jonathan gave him the bow
nd said:
Return to the city,"
Then David came out and they en-
raced one another and wept bitterly,
,r they were both young men, and
,membering all the friendship that
ad been between them and their
reams, they sorrowed exceedingly.
nd David wnt out into the wilderness
I'd Jonathan returned to the kings
use, nor did they ever see n an
her again.
Now, Jonathan fell with his father,
biting against the Philistines in =
cunt Gilboa, and ar Amalekite,
to please David, brought him
WIS of the death of Saul and Jona-
an. and said that he himself had
lin Saul, and that was a lie. But
: son of Jesse, instead of rejoicing
pit and he caused the messenger to
slain. And he remembered his
nth that had been happy. And Da-
made a song of lamentation over
ul and Jonathan.