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1 Samuel 20:16

DavidJonathan
Covenant and promisesFriendship

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

15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

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

17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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

    So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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  • 2 Samuel 4:7–8

    For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:8

    But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

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  • Genesis 15:18

    In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

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  • 1 Samuel 31:2

    And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons.

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