2 Samuel 9:1

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Summary

2 Samuel 9:1

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

Shew him

General references

1 Samuel 23:18

Bible References

Shew him

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been very pleasant to me.

Your love to me was more wonderful

Than the love of women.

Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the Lord, that I may not die?

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and

encouraged him in God.

But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;

General references

So the two of them made a covenant before the Lord; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.