1 Samuel 23:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David remained in the wood [at Horesh], and Jonathan went to his house.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

Common English Bible

Then the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. David stayed at Horesh, but Jonathan went back home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, they both struck a pact before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods. But Jonathan returned to his house.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the two made a covenant before the Lord. And David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.

1 Samuel 23:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2 Samuel 9:1

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:42

And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 20:8

Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

1 Samuel 21:1

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?