3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? …
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? …
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)David was anointed to the crown to take it out of Saul’s hand, and over Jonathan’s head, and yet here we find, I. That Saul, who was now in possession of the crown, reposed a confidence in him, God so ordering it, that he might by his preferment at court be prepared for future service. Saul now took David home with him, and would not suffer him to return again to his retirement, 1 Sam. 18:2. And D…
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