1 Samuel 23:18

New American Bible - revised edition

The two of them made a covenant before the Lord in Horesh, where David remained, while Jonathan returned to his home. Treachery of the Ziphites.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:7

The king, however, spared Meribbaal, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that formed a bond between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 9:1

David asked, “Is there any survivor of Saul’s house to whom I may show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

1 Samuel 18:1

By the time David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan’s life became bound up with David’s life; he loved him as his very self.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan and David made a covenant, because Jonathan loved him as his very self.

1 Samuel 20:42

At length Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, in keeping with what the two of us have sworn by the name of the Lord: ‘The Lord shall be between you and me, and between your offspring and mine forever.’”

1 Samuel 20:8

Do this kindness for your servant because of the Lord’s covenant into which you brought us: if I am guilty, kill me yourself! Why should you give me up to your father?”

1 Samuel 21:1

Then David departed on his way, while Jonathan went back into the city. The Holy Bread.