1 Samuel 20:16
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,.... Not with David himself only, which was now renewed, but with his family also:
saying, let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's…
Here, I. Jonathan protests his fidelity to David in his distress. Notwithstanding the strong confidence David had in Jonathan, yet, because he might have some reason to fear that his father's…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
So Jonathan, &c. (1) The E. V. treats this as a remark of the historian: and apparently understands Jonathan's words "Let the Lord, &c." to mean "Let the Lord exact vengeance from David by the hand of…
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