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

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And Jonathan made a covenant(A) with David because he loved him as himself.

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14 And you shall not only show me the kindness of the Lord while I still live, that I may not die; 15 but (A)you shall not [a]cut off your kindness from my [b]house forever, no, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.” 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the [c]house of David, saying, (B)“Let the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:15 stop being kind
  2. 1 Samuel 20:15 family
  3. 1 Samuel 20:16 family

14 But show me unfailing kindness(A) like the Lord’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed, 15 and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family(B)—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

16 So Jonathan(C) made a covenant(D) with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account.(E)

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But the king spared (A)Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of (B)the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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The king spared Mephibosheth(A) son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath(B) before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

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10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster(A) strikes you—
    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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