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1 Samuel 20:8

Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

In Context

7If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.

9And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:49Wherefore if you do according to mercy and truth with my master, tell me: but if it please you otherwise, tell me that also, that I may go to the right hand, or to the left.

Joshua 2:14That you will save my father and mother, my brethren end sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death.

Ruth 1:8She said to them: Go ye home to your mothers: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

1 Samuel 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 23:18And the two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.

1 Chronicles 12:17And David went out to meet them, and said: If you are come peaceably to me to help me, let my heart be joined to you: but if you plot against me for my enemies whereas I have no iniquity in my hands, let the God of our fathers see, and judge.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:2-9

David Consults Jonathan. ( b. c. 1058.) 1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in… Read the whole commentary →

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