1 Samuel 20:16
should it happen that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
17And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him.
Cross References
Joshua 22:23And if we have built to ourselves an altar, so as to apostatize from the Lord our God, so as to offer upon it a sacrifice of whole-burnt-offerings, so as to offer upon it a sacrifice of peace-offering,—the Lord shall require it.
1 Samuel 23:18So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Cæne, and Jonathan went to his home.
1 Samuel 25:26And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and + 25:26 Gr. saving thy hand for thyself.from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.
2 Samuel 4:7and Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.
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 →