1 Samuel 20:16 BSB — MannaFest

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת	vai.yikh.Rot	and he made	H3772 →
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן	ye.ho.na.Tan	Jonathan	H3083 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
דָּוִ֑ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ	u.vi.Kesh	and he will require	H1245 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִיַּ֖ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
אֹיְבֵ֥י	'o.ye.Vei	[the] enemies of	H341 →
דָוִֽד׃	da.Vid	David	H1732 →

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Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
leads to
- Joshua 1:3–4
  I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- Genesis 12:7
  Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 24:7
  The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Genesis 13:15
  for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Deuteronomy 11:24
  Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
Through
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
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…
- 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…
- 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.

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 25:22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”Joshua 22:23If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.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?”Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—1 Samuel 31:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.2 Samuel 4:7–8They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.2 Samuel 21:8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

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