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Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don`t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
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The Cost of Covenant Love
Commentators highlight Jonathan's profound love, noting he invokes a curse upon himself if he fails to protect David. This demonstrates a true friendship that, as Matthew Henry notes, silences ambition and self-love. This covenant love is presented as a model for the believer's relationship with Jesus and with fellow Christians.
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19th Century
Baptist
And Jonathan said to David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about tomorrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if ther…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan Recompense evil more than can be thought of and expressed, should he neglec…
Presbyterian
Jonathan faithfully promises that he would let David know how he found his father disposed towards him. It will be a kindness to ourselves and to o…
