1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jonathan caused David to swear again,.... Or Jonathan added to make David swears (u); having sworn himself to make a covenant of friendship with David and his family, he moved and insisted on it,…
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
caused David to swear again, because, &c. Jonathan exacted another oath beside that implied in 1Sa 20:20, because the intensity of his love impelled him to bind David by the strongest possible…
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