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Jonathan asks David not to completely kill all his offspring so that a remnant will remain.
## will you not show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die? ##
Jonathan asks this question to confirm that David will do this. AT: "please show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die."
## show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh ##
"show me the kind of covenant faithfulness that Yahweh shows"
## May Yahweh require an accounting from the hand of Davids ##
Possible meanings are 1) "May Yahweh hold David's enemies accountable" or 2) "May Yahweh destroy David's enemies." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])