Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThe two of them made a covenant before Yahweh. Then David remained at Horesh while Jonathan went home.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAnd the two of them cut a covenant before YHWH. Dawid remained in the Choresh, and Yonatan went to his house.
KJV
King James VersionAnd they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleSo the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
Footnotes
כָּרַת בְּרִית *karat berit* — "cut a covenant" — the Hebrew idiom retains the memory of ancient rite in which animals were cut and the parties passed between the halves (cf. Gen. 15). FOG preserves "cut a covenant" for this visceral covenantal weight; FOG Message uses "made a covenant" for readability. This is the last recorded meeting between Dawid and Yonatan — a quietly devastating detail. Their farewell is wordless; the narrator simply notes the parting. The covenant, however, outlasts both of them (cf. 2 Sam. 9).