A covenant - Is an agreement made between two persons. This agreement governs the behaviour of each person toward each other and may take precedence over calling, commands, culture, customs etc.  In Acts 5:29 the Apostles declare, "We ought to obey God rather than men". Here, the covenant with God takes precedence over the earthly commands of the Sanhedrin. In this section, let's examine several instances in the Word of God where covenants played a major role . With respect to David and Jonothan, there was a covenant where David promised Jonothan (1 Sam. 20) not to destroy his family when he became king, but to be kind to them. When Saul and Jonothan died Mephibosheth the grandson of Saul went to live in LoDebar. But David called him out of LoDebar and treated him as his own son because of the covenant with Jonothan. In Deut 7:9 God desribes  himself  "I am the Lord that keepeth covenant" pm Exodus 7:5 he says, "I have rememvered my covenant". God operates within his covenants. God will never break his covenant