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1 Samuel 30:15

David

13 Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

14 We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

16 So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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BSB
“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
KJV
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
WEB
David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
ASV
And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
DARBY
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
BLB
And David said to him, “Can you take me down to this troop?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will take you down to this troop.”
ÅB
Da sa David til ham: Vil du føre meg ned til denne røverflokk? Han svarte: Tilsverg meg ved Gud at du ikke vil drepe meg og heller ikke overgi meg i min herres hånd, sa vil jeg føre deg ned til den røverflokk du taler om.
OTB
Da sa David til ham, "Vil du lede meg til denne banden?" Og han sa, "Sverg ved Gud at du ikke vil drepe meg eller overgi meg til min herre, så skal jeg lede deg til denne banden."
B1930
Da sa David til ham: Vil du føre mig ned til denne røverflokk? Han svarte: Tilsverg mig ved Gud at du ikke vil drepe mig og heller ikke overgi mig i min herres hånd, sa vil jeg føre dig ned til den røverflokk du taler om.

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  • 1 Samuel 29:6

    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

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  • Ezekiel 17:13

    He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

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  • Ezekiel 17:19

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

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  • Ezekiel 17:16

    ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

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  • Joshua 9:19–20

    All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

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  • Joshua 9:15

    And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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  • Deuteronomy 23:15–16

    Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.

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  • Joshua 2:12

    Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

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