1 Samuel 20:15

you 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,

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

In Context

14And if indeed + 20:14 Gr. I yet being alive. I continue to live, then shall you deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

16should it happen that the name of Jonathan be revealed by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:14But remember me of yourself, when it shall be well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharao, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon.

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 21:7But 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.

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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