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1 Samuel 20:16

DavidJonathan
Covenant and promisesFriendship

14 And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

15 and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.

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BSB
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
KJV
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
WEB
So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
ASV
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David`s enemies.
DARBY
And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!
BLB
And Jonathan cut with the house of David: “And may YHWH seek [it] at the hand of the enemies of David.”
ÅB
Så gjorde Jonatan en pakt med Davids hus og sa: Herren ta hevn over Davids fiender!
OTB
Så gjorde Jonatan en pakt med Davids hus, og sa: "Må Herren holde Davids fiender ansvarlige."
B1930
Så gjorde Jonatan en pakt med Davids hus og sa: Herren ta hevn over Davids fiender!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:22

    May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”

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  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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  • 2 Samuel 4:7–8

    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:8

    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

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  • Genesis 15:18

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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  • 1 Samuel 31:2

    The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

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