If indirect discourse is preferred, translators may say “Then Jonathan responded by inviting David to go with him out into the [nearby] field.”

On the translation of the field, see the comments on 19.3.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .