1 Samuel 20:12-17
12 “By the Lord, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If I find out that he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?(a)
13 If my father intends to bring evil on you, may God punish Jonathan and do so severely(A) if I do not tell you(b) and send you away so you may go in peace. May the Lord be with you,(B) just as He was with my father.
14 If I continue to live, treat me with the Lord’s faithful love, but if I die,
15 don’t ever withdraw your faithful love from my household—not even when the Lord cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”(C)
16 Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,(D) saying, “May the Lord hold David’s enemies accountable.”(c)(E)
17 Jonathan once again swore to David(d) in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.(F)
Footnotes:
a.
1 Samuel 20:12: Lit and uncover your ear
b.
1 Samuel 20:13: Lit will uncover your ears
c.
1 Samuel 20:16: Lit Lord require it from the hand of David’s enemies
d.
1 Samuel 20:17: LXX; MT reads Jonathan once again made David swear