1 Samuel 23:18 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּכְרְת֧וּ	vai.yikh.re.Tu	and they made	H3772 →
שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם	she.nei.Hem	[the] two of them	H8147 →
בְּרִ֖ית	be.Rit	a covenant	H1285 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he remained	H3427 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה	ba.Cho.re.shah	at <the> Horesh	H2793 →
וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן	vi.ho.na.Tan	and Jonathan	H3083 →
הָלַ֥ךְ	ha.Lakh	he went	H1980 →
לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃ ס	le.vei.To	to house his	H1004 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Samuel 9:1
Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:42
  And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 9:41
  Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- Matthew 25:40
  And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- 1 Peter 3:8
  Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
- 2 Samuel 1:26
  I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
Through
2 Samuel 21:7
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:15
  and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 18:3
  Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Through
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:8–17
  Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.2 Samuel 21:7Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.2 Samuel 9:1Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”1 Samuel 20:8Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.1 Samuel 20:12–17and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son 1 Chronicles 11:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

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