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

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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

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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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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