* Go in peace.
  22  1:17  Nu 6:26  Lu 7:50  Ac 16:36 
 * forasmuch as.  or, the Lord be witness of that which, etc.
  23 
 * And he arose.
  23:18 
   The separation of two such faithful friends was equally
   grievous to them both, but David's case was the more
   deplorable:  for when Jonathan was returning to his family and
   friends, David was leaving all his comforts, even those of
   God's sanctuary, and therefore his grief exceeded Jonathan's;
   or, perhaps it was because his temper was more tender and his
   passions stronger.  They referred each other to the covenant
   of friendship that was between them, both of them being
   comforted thereby in this very mournful separation:--"We have
   sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, for ourselves and
   our heirs, that we and they will be faithful and kind to each
   other from generation to generation."