1 Samuel 20:15-17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵ and do not cut off your loyalty from my house for ever. When the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth, ¹⁶ let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David.^[a] And may the Lord take vengeance on David’s enemies.” ¹⁷ And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.