David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
Jonathan refused to kill David but promised to tell him if Saul responded angrily as David predicted he would (1 Samuel 20:9). Jonathan then suggested a plan by which he could communicate with David without revealing David’s location (1 Samuel 20:10-11).