14If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness and faithfulness of the Lord, 20:14 To secure his throne a new king would usually kill anyone who was a potential rival for the throne. Jonathan is asking assurance that he will not be assassinated after David becomes king.so that I will not die?
14And as long as I live, treat me with the Lord’s loving devotion,20:14 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant. that I may not die,