And may you show me the covenant loyalty of the LORD when I die — Jonathan's *v'lo tgazel et chasedcha* (do not cut off your covenant loyalty) asks David for reciprocal covenant-keeping after Jonathan's death. The *ad olam*, forever, suggests that Jonathan anticipates his own death, perhaps recognizing that his loyalty to David will eventually cost him his life. Jonathan's request that David remember him and preserve his house becomes the condition of eternal covenant between them.

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