1 Samuel 30:15

New Century Version

David asked him, “Can you lead me to the people who took our families?” He answered, “Yes, if you promise me before God that you won’t kill me or give me back to my master. Then I will take you to them.”

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don’t get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

Ezekiel 17:13

Then he took a member of the family of the king of Judah and made an agreement with him, forcing him to take an oath. The king also took away the leaders of Judah

Ezekiel 17:16

“ ‘As surely as I live, says the Lord God, he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who made him king of Judah. The king of Judah hated his promise to the king of Babylon and broke his agreement with him.

Ezekiel 17:19

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, this is true: I will pay back the king of Judah for hating my promise and breaking my agreement.

Joshua 2:12

So now, promise me before the Lord that you will show kindness to my family just as I showed kindness to you. Give me some proof that you will do this.

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua agreed to make peace with the Gibeonites and to let them live. And the leaders of the Israelites swore an oath to keep the agreement.

Judges 1:24

The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Show us a way into the city, and we will be kind to you.”

1 Samuel 29:6

So Achish called David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are loyal. I would be pleased to have you serve in my army. Since the day you came to me, I have found no wrong in you. But the other kings don’t trust you.

1 Samuel 30:14

We had raided the southern area of the Kerethites, the land of Judah, and the southern area of Caleb. We burned Ziklag, as well.”

1 Samuel 30:16

So the Egyptian led David to the Amalekites. They were lying around on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating with the things they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.