2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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1 Samuel 18:3And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:15you shall not withdraw your mercy from my house for ever: and + 20:15 Gr. The meaning of the Heb. is here greatly obscured. if you do not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David each from the face of the earth,
1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, and as we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be witness between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever— even so let it be. And David arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 24:22Now then swear to me by the Lord, that you will not destroy my seed after me, that you will not blot out my name from the house of my father.
2 Samuel 9:1And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan's sake?
2 Samuel 9:7And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely deal mercifully with you for the sake of Jonathan your father, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul the father of your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 21:2-10
A Famine in Israel; The Gibeonites Avenged. ( b. c. 1021.) 1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord . And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the… Read the whole commentary →