1 Samuel 23:18

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

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  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved his own life.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying,
  • 2 Sam 21:7 : 7 But 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 9:1 : 1 David asked, "Is there anyone still left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
  • 1 Sam 20:12-17 : 12 Jonathan 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?" 13 May 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. 14 But show me the loyalty of the LORD as long as I live, so that I may not die. 15 And 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. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD demand an accounting of David's enemies." 17 And Jonathan had David swear again by his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

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  • 1 Sam 20:39-42
    4 verses
    81%

    39The boy knew nothing about this; only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.

    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 18:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    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 20:8-13
    6 verses
    80%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 23:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15When David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, he stayed in the Wilderness of Ziph, in the woods.

    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.'

  • 1 Sam 20:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD demand an accounting of David's enemies."

    17And Jonathan had David swear again by his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are hiding. I will speak with him about you, and if I learn anything, I will let you know.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    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 24:22
    76%

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

  • 1 Sam 20:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27But on the second day of the month, David's place was still empty. So Saul asked Jonathan, 'Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?'

    28Jonathan answered Saul, 'David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.'

  • 1 Sam 20:32-35
    4 verses
    75%

    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 20:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    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."

    5David said to Jonathan, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am supposed to sit at the king’s table to eat. Let me go so that I may hide in the field until the evening of the third day."

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    74%

    1One day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who carried his armor, 'Come, let us cross over to the garrison of the Philistines on the other side.' But he did not tell his father.

  • 1 Sam 13:16
    73%

    16Saul, his son Jonathan, and the troops who were with them stayed in Gibeah of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
    73%

    21The Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp changed sides and joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 1 Sam 14:8
    73%

    8Jonathan said, 'Look, we will cross over to the men and let them see us.'

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    73%

    19The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, 'Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds in the woods, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon?'

  • 1 Sam 20:19
    72%

    19The day after tomorrow, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and stay by the stone Ezel.

  • 1 Sam 14:13
    72%

    13Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.

  • 2 Chr 23:3
    71%

    3The whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the house of God. Jehoiada said to them, 'Look, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord has spoken concerning the descendants of David.'

  • 2 Sam 17:17
    71%

    17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel. A servant girl would go and inform them, and they would go and inform King David, for they could not be seen entering the city.

  • 1 Sam 14:11
    71%

    11So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, 'Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes they were hiding in!'

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    71%

    44Saul said, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not surely die, Jonathan.'

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    71%

    22So on the day of the battle, no sword or spear was found in the hands of the entire army with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan themselves.