1 Samuel 24:21
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21 Now swear(A) to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.(B)”
Genesis 21:23
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23 Now swear(A) to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants.(B) Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”(C)
2 Samuel 21:6-8
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6 let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed(A) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen(B) one.”
So the king said, “I will give them to you.”
7 The king spared Mephibosheth(C) son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath(D) before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul. 8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah,(E) whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,[a] whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.(F)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal
1 Samuel 20:14-17
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14 But show me unfailing kindness(A) like the Lord’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed, 15 and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family(B)—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
16 So Jonathan(C) made a covenant(D) with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account.(E)” 17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath(F) out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
Hebrews 6:16
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16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.(A)
Genesis 31:48
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48 Laban said, “This heap(A) is a witness between you and me today.”(B) That is why it was called Galeed.
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