1 Samuel 18:3
made a covenant.20:8-17,42; 23:18; 2Sa 9:1-3; 21:71 Samuel 20:12-17
O Lord.This verse is evidently deficient. The LXX. have [kyrios ho Theos Israel oiden,] "The Lord God of Israel doth know;" the Syraic and Arabic, "The Lord God of Israel is witness;" either of which makes good sense. But two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. supply the word {chai,} "liveth;" and the text reads thus: "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, when I have sounded my father,--if there be good unto David, and I then send not unto thee," etc.; which is a still better sense. Jos 22:22; Job 31:4; Ps 17:3; 139:1-4sounded. Heb. searched.Pr 20:5; 25:2,3shew it thee. Heb. uncover thine ear.2 The Lord do.3:17; 25:22; Ru 1:17; 2Sa 3:35; 19:13; 1Ki 19:2; 20:10the Lord be.17:37; Jos 1:5; 1Ch 22:11,16; Mt 28:20; Php 4:9he hath been with my father.10:7; 11:6-13; 14:47; 2Sa 7:15 the kindness.2Sa 9:3; Eph 5:1,2 thou shalt.24:21; 2Sa 9:1-7; 21:7 made. Heb. cut.18:3; Ge 15:18Let the Lord.25:22; 31:2; 2Sa 4:7,8; 21:8 because he loved him. or, by his love toward him. for heloved. 18:1,3; De 13:6; 2Sa 1:26; Pr 18:241 Samuel 20:42
Go in peace.22; 1:17; Nu 6:26; Lu 7:50; Ac 16:36forasmuch as. or, the Lord be witness of that which, etc.23And he arose.23:18The separation of two such faithful friends was equally grievous to them both, but David's case was the more deplorable: for when Jonathan was returning to his family and friends, David was leaving all his comforts, even those of God's sanctuary, and therefore his grief exceeded Jonathan's; or, perhaps it was because his temper was more tender and his passions stronger. They referred each other to the covenant of friendship that was between them, both of them being comforted thereby in this very mournful separation:--"We have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, for ourselves and our heirs, that we and they will be faithful and kind to each other from generation to generation."2 Samuel 9:1
1 David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth.7 For Jonathan's sake he entertains him at his table, and restores him all that was Saul's.9 He makes Ziba his farmer. shew him.1:26; 1Sa 18:1-4; 20:14-17,42; 23:16-18; 1Ki 2:7; Pr 27:10Mt 10:42; 25:40; Mr 9:41; Joh 19:26,27; Phm 1:9-12; 1Pe 3:82 Samuel 21:7
Mephibosheth.4:4; 9:10; 16:4; 19:25because.1Sa 18:3; 20:8,15,17,42; 23:18
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