But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Le roi épargna Mephiboscheth, fils de Jonathan, fils de Saül, à cause du serment qu'avaient fait entre eux, devant l'Eternel, David et Jonathan, fils de Saül.
KJV
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
0952A] filii Saul, propter jusjurandum Domini quod fuerat inter David et inter Jonathan filium Saul (II Reg. XXI, 1-7) . In fine hujus sententiae dicitur: Et repropitiatus est Dominus terrae post haec (II Reg. XXI, 14) . Salomon in Proverbiis: Egestate compulsus furer, et perjure…
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