^{1 2} And he arose and went; but Jonathan^◦ came into the city. And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech was·​·frightened to meet David, and said to him, Why art thou^◦ alone, and no man^◦ with^◦ thee?

¹⁸ And they two cut a covenant before Jehovah; and David dwelt in the woods, and Jonathan^◦ went^◦ to his house.