¹⁶ And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, ^(A)“May^[a] the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies.”

^22 (A)God do so to the enemies of David^[a] and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

³ Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because ^(A)he loved him as his own soul.

⁸ The king took the two sons of ^(A)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab^[a] the daughter of Saul, whom ^(B)she bore to ^(C)Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

⁷ When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of ^(A)the Arabah all night, ⁸ and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, ^(B)who sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

² And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down ^(A)Jonathan and ^(B)Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ^(A)“To your offspring I give^[a] this land, from ^(B)the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,