¹⁸ When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah^(A) and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

¹⁹ Word came to Saul: “David is in Naioth at Ramah”;

²² Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”

“Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.

David and Jonathan

20 Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged^(A) your father, that he is trying to kill me?”^(B)