Bible verse
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
1 Samuel 23:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 23.
14 And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
15 While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
16 And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
17 saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
18 So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
20 Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
21 “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
22 Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
KJV
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
ASV
And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
ERV
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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