World English Bible
1 Samuel 23:16
“Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 23
14
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
15
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
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Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
17
He said to him, "Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
18
They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
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