1 Samuel 20:14

You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of the Lord, that I not die;

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

In Context

13The Lord do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I do not disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

15but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when the Lord has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth."

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Cross References

2 Samuel 9:3The king said, "Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?"Ziba said to the king, "Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet."

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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