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1 Samuel 20:16

And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

In Context

15but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.'

17and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:23[we are] building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings — Jehovah Himself doth require [it].

1 Samuel 23:18And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

1 Samuel 25:26and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee — now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.

2 Samuel 4:7yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,

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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