Judg 8:19, 1Sa 14:39, 45, 19:6, 20:21, 2Sa 12:5, 1Ki 2:24, 17:1, 18:10 | ESV | STEP | And he said , They were my brothers , the sons of my mother . As the Lord lives , if you had saved them alive , I would not kill you.

aSee Ruth 3:13

bSee Ruth 3:13

c ver. 44

d[See ver. 39 above]

e 2 Sam. 14:11; 1 Kgs. 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34; [Matt. 10:30; Luke 12:7]

fSee Ruth 3:13

g ver. 3; See Ruth 3:13

hSee Ruth 3:13

iSee Ruth 3:13

j 2 Sam. 7:11, 13; 1 Chr. 22:10

k[Judg. 12:4]

m ch. 18:10, 15; 22:14; 2 Kgs. 3:14; 5:16; See Ruth 3:13

n ch. 18:15; [Deut. 10:8]

o Luke 4:25; James 5:17; [ch. 18:1]

pSee ch. 17:1

Judges 8:19

19 And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. ^aAs the Lord lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”

1 Samuel 14:39

39 For ^bas the Lord lives who saves Israel, ^cthough it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

1 Samuel 14:45

45 Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! ^dAs the Lord lives, ^ethere shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.

1 Samuel 19:6

6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, ^f“As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.”

1 Samuel 20:21

21 And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, ^gas the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.

2 Samuel 12:5

5 Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, ^h“As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,

1 Kings 2:24

24 Now therefore ⁱas the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, ^jas he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Predicts a Drought

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^kTishbe ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew of the settlers} in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^m“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ⁿbefore whom I stand, ^othere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

1 Kings 18:10

10 ^pAs the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.