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1Sa_20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
Ver. 8. Into a covenant of the Lord.] Who is witness to the bargain, and keepeth the bands.
Slay me thyself.] Let me die by a friendly and merciful hand. Nimis opto amantis immori manibus, said she in Seneca. {a} This David speaketh pathetically, to stir up his friend Jonathan to act vigorously for him.
For why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?] Who will not only slay me, but so torture me, that I may feel myself to die. "The tender mercies of the wicked are cruelties." {Pro_12:10}
{a} Phaedra, apud Sen.