2 Samuel 9:1 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And David said, Is there yet any one that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for the sake of Jonathan?

¹ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. ² And Saul took him on that day, and would not permit him to go home to his father’s house. ³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul. ⁴ And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he had upon him, and gave it to David, and likewise his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

¹⁴ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die? ¹⁵ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth. ¹⁶ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies. ¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

⁴² And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: what we have sworn, both of us, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever, shall be kept. ^(21:1) And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

¹⁶ And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God. ¹⁷ And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this. ¹⁸ And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.

²⁶ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very dear hast thou been unto me: wonderful was thy love for me, passing the love of women.

⁷ But unto the sons of Barzillai the Gil’adite show thou kindness, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came near to me when I fled from before Abshalom thy brother.

¹⁰ Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend, thou must not forsake; but into thy brother’s house enter not on the day of thy calamity: better is a near neighbor than a distant brother.