Quotes About Covenant

(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

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

Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my fatherís house.”

May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabalís men survive until morning.”

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.

May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saulís daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ëThrough My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.í”

When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ëYou will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.í”

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.