And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the field — Jonathan's *levei na'alech el ha'sadeh* (come, let us go out into the field) removes them from the palace, from public hearing, to the open country where their covenant can be renewed in privacy. The field is the liminal space between Saul's court and David's exile, the borderland where the two friends meet outside official hierarchies.

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