1 Samuel 19:6

Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

World English Bible

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

5for he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

7Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:39For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

1 Samuel 28:10Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”

Proverbs 26:24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

Jeremiah 5:2Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”

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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