1 Samuel 18:1
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:6If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers,
1 Samuel 14:1Now it came to pass one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour: Come, and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines, which is on the other side of yonder place. But he told not this to his father.
1 Samuel 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 19:2And Jonathan told David, saying: Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: wherefore look to thyself, I beseech thee, in the morning, and thou shalt abide in a secret place and shalt be hid.
1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 23:18And the two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:1
In the course of the foregoing chapter we left David in triumph; now in this chapter we have, I. The improvement of his triumphs; he soon became, 1. Saul's constant attendant, ver. 2 . 2. Jonathan's covenant friend, ver. 1 , 3 , 4 . 3. The darling of his country, ver. 5 , 7 , 16 . II. The allays of his triumphs. This is the vanity that accompanies even a right work, that "for it a man is envied," Eccl. iv. 4 . So David was by Saul. 1. He hated him, and sought to kill him himself, ver. 8-11 . 2. He feared him, and… Read the whole commentary →