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## 1 Samuel 20:16 in Context (Verses 13–19 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/13) The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father *to do* thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/14) And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/15) But *also* thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/16) So Jonathan made *a covenant* with the house of David, *saying*, Let the LORD even require *it* at the hand of David’s enemies.*
 
 [17 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/17) And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.*
 
 [18 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/18) Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow *is* the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-samuel/20/19) And *when* thou hast stayed three days, *then* thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was *in hand*, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.***
 
[1 Samuel 19](/kjv/1-samuel/19) [1 Samuel 21](/kjv/1-samuel/21)

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