1 Samuel 20:23

Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

In Context

22If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.

24Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:5And Sarai said to Abram: “You have acted unfairly against me. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, who, when she saw that she had conceived, held me in contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

1 Samuel 20:14And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24

Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →

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