Cross references

1 Samuel 23:18

So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

1 Samuel 23:18 BSB

1 Samuel 23:18 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 18:3 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 20:42 (5 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from 1 Samuel 18 to Malachi 3.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 23:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

  2. 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 your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

  3. 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.

  4. Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

  5. and 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? But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father. …

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 23:18?

The 10 strongest of 11.