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1 Samuel 20:16

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So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”

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1 Samuel 20:16 in other translations

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

1 Samuel 20:16 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 20:16 in context

  1. 14You shall not only show me the loving kindness of Yahweh while I still live, that I not die;
  2. 15but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.”
  3. 16So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
  4. 17Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
  5. 18Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.