1 Samuel 20:16

KJV

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

— 1 Samuel 20:16, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 20 connects to 7 cross-references. David confides to Jonathan that Saul seeks his life; Jonathan refuses to believe it and proposes a test using David's absence from the New Moon feast. They devise a signal with arrows to communicate; Saul's violent anger at David's absence …

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Other Translations

ASV

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

YLT

And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought <FI>it<Fi> from the hand of the enemies of David;

BBE

And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.

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