Jonathan said to David, “Come on. Let’s go out to the field.” When the two of them had gone out into the field,

When the ark of the Lord had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,

He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.

Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.

So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.

The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.

The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field.

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.

Then fear overwhelmed those who were in the camp, those who were in the field, all the army in the garrison, and the raiding bands. They trembled and the ground shook. This fear was caused by God.

The Philistine said to David, “Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”

I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know.”

These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.

Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.

The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

Now Saul was walking behind the oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about the men of Jabesh.

David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

Saul said to his servants who were stationed around him, “Listen up, you Benjaminites! Is Jesse’s son giving fields and vineyards to all of you? Or is he making all of you commanders and officers?

David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”