1 Samuel 20:23

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

22But if I say thus unto the boy: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for the LORD hath sent thee away.

24So David hid himself in the field; and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to the meal to eat.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram: 'My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.'

1 Samuel 20:14And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, 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 →

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