¹¹ an ^(A)oath before the Lord shall be ^[a]taken by the two of them ^[b]that he has not ^[c]laid a hand on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not be compelled to make restitution.

⁷ But the king spared ^(A)Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, ^(B)because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

¹⁸ Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he ^[a](A)pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”