1 Samuel 20:16

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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD demand an accounting of David's enemies."

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  • 1 Sam 25:22 : 22 May God punish David’s enemies severely if by morning I leave even one male of all who belong to him alive."
  • 1 Sam 31:2 : 2 The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, Saul's sons.
  • 2 Sam 4:7-8 : 7 After entering the house while Ishbosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head. Taking his head with them, they traveled along the road through the Arabah all night. 8 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge against Saul and his descendants."
  • 2 Sam 21:8 : 8 The king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River—
  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved his own life.

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  • 1 Sam 20:8-15
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    82%

    8Therefore, deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if I am guilty, kill me yourself; why bring me to your father?

    9Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! If I knew for certain that my father intended to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?"

    10David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"

    11Jonathan said to David, "Come, let us go out into the field." So both of them went out into the field.

    12Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, be my witness: I will sound out my father about this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, won't I send word to you and let you know?"

    13May the LORD punish Jonathan severely if I do not inform you and send you away in peace when my father intends to harm you. May the LORD be with you as He has been with my father.

    14But show me the loyalty of the LORD as long as I live, so that I may not die.

    15And do not ever withdraw your kindness from my family, even when the LORD cuts off all of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.

  • 1 Sam 20:17
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    17And Jonathan had David swear again by his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

  • 1 Sam 18:1-4
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    1When David had finished speaking to Saul, Jonathan's soul was deeply connected to David's, and Jonathan loved him as much as he loved his own life.

    2From that day forward, Saul took David with him and did not permit him to return to his father’s house.

    3Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved his own life.

    4Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his armor, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

  • 1 Sam 23:16-18
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    16Then Jonathan, Saul's son, went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.

    17He said to him, 'Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father will not find you; you will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even Saul my father knows this.'

    18The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then David remained in the woods, and Jonathan returned to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:40-42
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    40Jonathan handed his weapons to the boy who was with him and said, 'Go, take these back to the city.'

    41When the boy had gone, David got up from the south side and fell facedown on the ground. He bowed three times, and then they kissed each other and wept together—David weeping the most.

    42Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying,

  • 1 Sam 20:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt, and what is my sin before your father that he seeks my life?"

    2Jonathan said to him, "Far be it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing great or small without revealing it to me. Why then would my father hide this matter from me? It's not so!"

    3But David swore again and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be grieved.' But as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."

    4Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."

  • 1 Sam 19:4-7
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    4Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul, his father, saying, "The king should not sin against his servant David. He has done no wrong to you; on the contrary, his actions have greatly benefited you.

    5He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?

    6Saul listened to Jonathan and swore, "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death."

    7Then Jonathan called David and told him everything. He brought David to Saul, and David was once again in Saul’s presence as before.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
    2 verses
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    1Saul spoke to his son Jonathan and to all his servants, commanding them to kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, held a deep affection for David.

    2Jonathan warned David, saying, "My father Saul is seeking to kill you. So please be on guard in the morning; find a safe hiding place and stay there.

  • 1 Sam 14:44-45
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    44Saul said, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not surely die, Jonathan.'

    45But the people said to Saul, 'Should Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he acted with God’s help today.' So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

  • 1 Sam 20:31-35
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    31As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!'

    32Jonathan responded to his father Saul and asked, 'Why should he be put to death? What has he done?'

    33But Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

    34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger. He did not eat any food on the second day of the month, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.

    35In the morning, Jonathan went out to the field to meet David at the appointed time, and he took a young boy with him.

  • 1 Sam 20:28
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    28Jonathan answered Saul, 'David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.'

  • 2 Sam 1:16-17
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    16David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'

    17David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan:

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1David asked, "Is there anyone still left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

  • 1 Sam 24:21-22
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    21Now I know that you will surely be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

    22Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or destroy my name from my father's family.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
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    7But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath taken between David and Jonathan, son of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    70%

    18Now do it! For the Lord has promised David, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’'

  • 1 Sam 14:39-40
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    39As surely as the Lord, who saves Israel, lives—even if it is my son Jonathan—he must die.' But no one among the people said a word.

    40Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.'

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    69%

    10David also said, "As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

  • 1 Sam 20:23
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    23As for the promise we have made between the two of us, the LORD is our witness forever.

  • 1 Chr 20:7
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    7This man taunted Israel, but Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    69%

    11How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?