1. 1 Samuel 20:8 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

When did Jonathan bring David into a covenant before the LORD?

1 Samuel 20:8 (ESV)

8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

According to 1 Samuel 18:3, Jonathan made a covenant with David after David’s victory over Goliath. The precise details of the covenant are not clear, but it was made in the Lord’s name and witnessed by him.1