1 Samuel 20:23 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 20:23

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

KJV

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ASV

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for ever.

WEB

And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

YLT

as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah is between me and thee--unto the age.'

DBT

And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 20:14–15
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
Genesis 31:50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.
2 Corinthians 9:1
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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), that is, "God himself be judge between us and our families for ever, if on either side this league of friendship be violated." It was in remembrance of this covenant that David was kind to Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. ix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of--The plan being concerted, the friends separated for a time, and the amiable character of Jonathan again peers out in his parting allusion to their covenant of friendship.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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