1 Samuel 20:15

15 don't ever withdraw your faithful love from my household-not even when the Lord cuts off every one of David's enemies from the face of the earth."^[a]

1 Samuel 20:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:15

But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house
for ever
His family should partake of it as well as himself:

no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David, everyone
from the face of the earth;
Saul and his sons, and everyone that should oppose his settlement in the kingdom: Jonathan's meaning is, that the covenant between them should not be only between them personally, but include their posterity, as follows.

1 Samuel 20:15 In-Context

13 then may God punish Jonathan and do so severely. If my father intends to bring evil on you, then I will tell you, and I will send you away, and you will go in peace. May the Lord be with you, just as He was with my father.

14 If I continue to live, treat me with the Lord's faithful love, but if I die,

15 don't ever withdraw your faithful love from my household-not even when the Lord cuts off every one of David's enemies from the face of the earth."

16 Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the Lord hold David's enemies accountable."

17 Jonathan once again swore to David in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Sm 9:1