1 Samuel 20:23

as for the thing which you and I have spoken, behold, YHWH [is] between me and you for all time.”

Literal Standard Version

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

22And if thus I say to the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond you—go, for YHWH has sent you away;

24And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sits down by the food to eat,

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Cross References

Genesis 16:5And Sarai says to Abram, “My violence [is] for you; I have given my handmaid into your bosom, and she sees that she has conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; YHWH judges between me and you.”

1 Samuel 20:14and not only while I am alive do you do the kindness of YHWH with me, and I do not die,

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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