2 Samuel 21:7

So the two of them cut a covenant before Yahweh; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.

“So now swear to me by Yahweh that you will not cut off my seed after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s household.”

“Yahweh has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

“For all my father’s household was nothing but men worthy of death before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should complain anymore to the king?”

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the sworn oath before God.