David and Jonathan’s Covenant

20 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and he came and (A)said [a]to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”

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  1. 1 Samuel 20:1 Lit before

29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your [a]life, then the [b]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the [c]lives of your enemies (A)He will sling out [d]as from the hollow of a sling.

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  2. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  3. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  4. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit in the midst of

14 May those be (A)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (B)seek my [a]life to destroy it;
May those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight [b]in my hurt.

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  1. Psalm 40:14 Or soul
  2. Psalm 40:14 Or to injure me

But those who (A)seek my [a]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [b](B)depths of the earth.

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  1. Psalm 63:9 Lit soul
  2. Psalm 63:9 Lit lowest places

(A)May those who seek my [a]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight [b]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.

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  1. Psalm 70:2 Or soul
  2. Psalm 70:2 Or to injure me

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