Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 20:3
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1 Samuel20:3
3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly [illegible: 1+ letters]weth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
The matter being of great moment, and Ionathan doubting the truth of it, he confirms his word with an Oath, which follows in the end of the Verse. Onely he interposeth a reason why Saul concealed it from Ionathan.
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