1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
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18And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: ‘Let us go, and serve foreign gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,
1 Samuel 18:3Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.
Proverbs 17:17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24
Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →