Then Jonathan and David made a covenant: for he loved him as his own soul.

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So shalt thou show mercy unto thy servant: (A)for thou hast joined thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquity, slay thou me? for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

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42 Therefore Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: that which we have [a]sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and between thy seed, let it stand forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:42 Which oath he calleth in the eighth verse, the covenant of the Lord.

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