1 SAMUEL 20:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?”
For there is a covenant between me and you, with the LORD as witness — David appeals to the *berit*, covenant, established in chapter 18, the sworn bond that transcends family loyalty. The phrase *YHWH yihiye binu l'ed*, the LORD is witness between us, invokes God as guarantor of the covenant, suggesting that betrayal of David would be betrayal of the covenant with God itself.
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