1 Samuel 20:23
And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
24And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.
Cross References
Genesis 16:5And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee!
1 Samuel 20:14And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,
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 →