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13 So may Yahweh punish Jonathan and more[a] if my father decides to do you harm[b] and if I fail to disclose it to you[c] and send word to you that you can go safely. And may Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father. 14 And not while I am still alive, will you not show the loyal love of Yahweh with me, that I may not die?[d] 15 And do not cut off your loyal love from my family[e] forever, not even when Yahweh exterminates[f] each of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:13 Literally “So may Yahweh do to Jonathan and so may he add”
  2. 1 Samuel 20:13 Literally “the evil over you is regarded as good by my father”
  3. 1 Samuel 20:13 Literally “I will reveal it to your ear”
  4. 1 Samuel 20:14 Or perhaps “and if I die, may you not …”
  5. 1 Samuel 20:15 Literally “my house”
  6. 1 Samuel 20:15 Literally “cuts off”