And he said unto his lad, run, find out now the arrows which
 I shoot
 He no doubt told him the mark which he should shoot at, the stone Ezel, and bid him look out about that for them: 
 [and] as the lad ran;
 before he had got to the mark: 
 he shot an arrow beyond him:
 or it; beyond the lad, or beyond the mark he shot at; purposely shooting with great strength, that he might exceed, and thereby give notice to David how things stood, which was the sign agreed on.