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7 If he says, ‘Fine!’ you will know all is well. But if he is angry and loses his temper, you will know he is determined to kill me.
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If he says, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me.
8 Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend—for we made a solemn pact before the LORD —or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don’t betray me to him!”
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As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the LORD. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?”
9 “Never!” Jonathan exclaimed. “You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to kill you, I would tell you at once.”
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“Never!” Jonathan said. “If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you?”
10 Then David asked, “How will I know whether or not your father is angry?”
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David asked, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
11 “Come out to the field with me,” Jonathan replied. And they went out there together.
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“Come,” Jonathan said, “let’s go out into the field.” So they went there together.
12 Then Jonathan told David, “I promise by the LORD, the God of Israel, that by this time tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, I will talk to my father and let you know at once how he feels about you. If he speaks favorably about you, I will let you know.
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Then Jonathan said to David, “I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know?
13 But if he is angry and wants you killed, may the LORD strike me and even kill me if I don’t warn you so you can escape and live. May the LORD be with you as he used to be with my father.
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But if my father intends to harm you, may the LORD deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.
14 And may you treat me with the faithful love of the LORD as long as I live. But if I die,
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But show me unfailing kindness like the LORD’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed,
15 treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”
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and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family—not even when the LORD has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
16 So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, saying, “May the LORD destroy all your enemies!”
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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD call David’s enemies to account.”
17 And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
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And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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