1 Samuel 19:6

And Saul listens to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swears, “YHWH lives—he does not die.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

In Context

5indeed, he puts his life in his hand, and strikes the Philistine, and YHWH works a great salvation for all Israel; you have seen, and rejoice, and why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nothing?”

7And Jonathan calls for David, and Jonathan declares all these words to him, and Jonathan brings in David to Saul, and he is before him as before.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:39for YHWH lives, who is saving Israel: surely if it is in my son Jonathan, surely he certainly dies”; and none is answering him out of all the people.

1 Samuel 28:10And Saul swears to her by YHWH, saying, “YHWH lives, punishment does not meet you for this thing.”

Proverbs 26:24A hater pretends by his lips, || And he places deceit in his heart,

Jeremiah 5:2And if they say, YHWH lives, || Surely they swear to a falsehood.”

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:2-8

Saul's Jealousy of David; Jonathan's Intercession for David. ( b. c. 1058.) 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of… Read the whole commentary →

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