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1 Samuel 20:14-17
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1 Samuel 20:14-17
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14 If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the Lord, but if I die,[a] 15 never cut off your faithful love from my house, even if the Lord were to cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”(A) 16 Thus Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord seek out the enemies of David.” 17 Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own life.(B)
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- 20.14 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 20:14-17
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1 Samuel 20:14-17
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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)” 17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath(F) out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
1 Samuel 20:42
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1 Samuel 20:42
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42 Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since both of us have sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’ ” He got up and left, and Jonathan went into the city.[a](A)
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- 20.42 This sentence is 21.1 in Heb
1 Samuel 20:42
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1 Samuel 20:42
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42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace,(A) for we have sworn friendship(B) with each other in the name of the Lord,(C) saying, ‘The Lord is witness(D) between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.(E)’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 20:42 In Hebrew texts this sentence (20:42b) is numbered 21:1.
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