“They both made a covenant before the LORD. Then David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went to his house.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 23 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.