¹⁶ Thus Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord seek out the enemies of David.”

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

³ Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.

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

⁷ Now they had come into the house while he was lying on his couch in his bedchamber; they attacked him, killed him, and beheaded him. Then they took his head and traveled by way of the Arabah all night long. ⁸ They brought the head of Ishbaal^[a] to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbaal^[b] son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life; the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”^(A)

² The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

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