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1 Samuel 20:12-14
International Standard Version

12 Jonathan told David, “The Lord God of Israel is my witness[a] that I’ll carefully question my father by tomorrow or the next day. And if the response[b] is favorable for David, will I not then send word[c] to you and let you know?[d] 13 But if my father intends to harm you, may the Lord strike me dead[e] if I don’t let you know and send you away so you may go safely. May the Lord be with you as he has been with my father. 14 If I remain alive, don’t fail to show me the Lord’s gracious love so that I don’t die.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:12 The Heb. lacks is my witness
  2. 1 Samuel 20:12 Lit. it
  3. 1 Samuel 20:12 The Heb. lacks word
  4. 1 Samuel 20:12 Lit. reveal in your ear
  5. 1 Samuel 20:13 Lit. may the Lord do to Jonathan and more also; This oath would have been accompanied by some symbolic action such as simulating the plunge of a knife into one’s heart.
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