Genesis 21:23
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23 Swear to me by God here and now, that you will not break an agreement with me or with my children and descendants. As I have been loyal to you, so you will be loyal to me and to the country where you are a foreign resident.”
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1 Samuel 20:14-17
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14 If I continue to live, treat me with the Lord’s faithful love, but if I die, 15 don’t ever withdraw your faithful love from my household—not even when the Lord cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”(A) 16 Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,(B) saying, “May the Lord hold David’s enemies accountable.”[a](C) 17 Jonathan once again swore to David[b] in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.(D)
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- 1 Samuel 20:16 Lit Lord require it from the hand of David’s enemies
- 1 Samuel 20:17 LXX; MT reads Jonathan once again made David swear
2 Samuel 21:6-8
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6 let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us so we may hang[a] them in the presence of the Lord(A) at Gibeah of Saul,(B) the Lord’s chosen.”(C)
The king answered, “I will hand them over.”
7 David spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son.(D) 8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, who were the two sons whom Rizpah(E) daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, and the five sons whom Merab[b](F) daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite
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- 2 Samuel 21:6 Or impale, or expose
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read Michal
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