1 Samuel 23:18
“And they two made a couenant before the Lord: and Dauid abode in the wood, and Ionathan went to his house.”
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1 Samuel 23:18 Context
16¶ And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose, & went to Dauid into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17And he said vnto him, Feare not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee, and thou shalt be king ouer Israel, and I shall be next vnto thee: and that also Saul my father knoweth. 18And they two made a couenant before the Lord: and Dauid abode in the wood, and Ionathan went to his house. 19¶ Then came vp the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Dauid hide himselfe with vs in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the South of Ieshimon? 20Now therefore, O king, come downe according to all the desire of thy soule to come downe, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the kings hand.
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And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
- King James Version
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.
- New American Standard Version (1995)