1 SAMUEL 23:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.”
And you shall be king over Israel, and I will be next to you — Jonathan's *v'ani ehyeh mishneh lecha*, I will be next to you, repeats his earlier acceptance of a secondary role, his renunciation of kingship to serve David. Their covenant is renewed in the *yaar*, the wilderness, far from the palace, suggesting that their true loyalty transcends the institutions of Saul's court.
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