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14 And not while I am still alive, will you not show the loyal love of Yahweh with me, that I may not die?[a] 15 And do not cut off your loyal love from my family[b] forever, not even when Yahweh exterminates[c] each of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.” 16 So Jonathan made a covenant[d] with the house of David, saying, “May Yahweh call the enemies of David to account.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:14 Or perhaps “and if I die, may you not …”
  2. 1 Samuel 20:15 Literally “my house”
  3. 1 Samuel 20:15 Literally “cuts off”
  4. 1 Samuel 20:16 Literally “cut a covenant
  5. 1 Samuel 20:16 Literally “seek from the hand of the enemies of David”