⁸ Deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the Lord.^(A) If I have done anything wrong,^(B) then kill me yourself; why take me to your father?”

¹⁶ Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,^(A) saying, “May the Lord hold David’s enemies accountable.”^[a](B)

¹⁸ Then the two of them made a covenant in the Lord’s presence.^(A) Afterward, David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.