1 Samuel 20:23

Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.

24So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:5Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May the LORD judge between me and you.”

1 Samuel 20:14You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I 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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