1 Samuel 20:41-42
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
41 And as soon as the lad had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap[a] and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times; and they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David recovered himself.[b] 42 Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, for ever.’” And he rose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.[c]
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- 1 Samuel 20:41 Gk: Heb from beside the south
- 1 Samuel 20:41 Or exceeded
- 1 Samuel 20:42 This sentence is 21.1 in Heb
1 Samuel 20:41-42
New International Version
41 After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground.(A) Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace,(B) for we have sworn friendship(C) with each other in the name of the Lord,(D) saying, ‘The Lord is witness(E) between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.(F)’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.[a]
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 20:42 In Hebrew texts this sentence (20:42b) is numbered 21:1.
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