Bible Cross References
made a covenant
1 Samuel 20:8-17
8
Please do me this favor, and keep the sacred promise you made to me. But if I'm guilty, kill me yourself ! Why take me to your father to be killed?"
9
"Don't even think such a thing!" Jonathan answered. "If I knew for sure that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?"
10
David then asked, "Who will let me know if your father answers you angrily?"
11
"Let's go out to the fields," Jonathan answered. So they went,
12
and Jonathan said to David, "May the LORD God of Israel be our witness! At this time tomorrow and on the following day I will question my father. If his attitude toward you is good, I will send you word.
13
If he intends to harm you, may the LORD strike me dead if I don't let you know about it and get you safely away. May the LORD be with you as he was with my father!
14
And if I remain alive, please keep your sacred promise and be loyal to me; but if I die,
15
show the same kind of loyalty to my family forever. And when the LORD has completely destroyed all your enemies,
16
may our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, the LORD will punish you."
17
Once again Jonathan made David promise to love him, for Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
1 Samuel 20:42-17
1 Samuel 23:18
The two of them made a sacred promise of friendship to each other. David stayed at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
2 Samuel 9:1-3
1
One day David asked, "Is there anyone left of Saul's family? If there is, I would like to show him kindness for Jonathan's sake."
2
There was a servant of Saul's family named Ziba, and he was told to go to David. "Are you Ziba?" the king asked. "At your service, sir," he answered.
3
The king asked him, "Is there anyone left of Saul's family to whom I can show loyalty and kindness, as I promised God I would?" Ziba answered, "There is still one of Jonathan's sons. He is crippled."
2 Samuel 21:7
But because of the sacred promise that he and Jonathan had made to each other, David spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul.