1Sa 20:3, 27:1, 1Cor 4:8 | ESV | STEP | But David vowed again , saying , Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes , and he thinks , Do not let Jonathan know this , lest he be grieved . But truly , as the Lord lives and as your soul lives , there is but a step between me and death .

b ch. 25:26; 2 Kgs. 2:2, 4, 6; 4:30; See Ruth 3:13

1 Samuel 20:3

3 But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that ^aI have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, ^bas the Lord lives and ^cas your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 27:1

David Flees to the Philistines

1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”

1 Corinthians 4:8

8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!