It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
This episode confirmed the status of David as an outlaw, to be hunted down and destroyed like a ravenous beast, provided that Saul, with all of the resources of the kingdom of Israel at his disposal, could successfully achieve it.  The rest of First Samuel is devoted to the record of how God protected and preserved David from the myriad dangers that confronted him.