1 Samuel 18:3

And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

In Context

2And Saul took him in that day, and did not suffer him to return to his father's house.

4And Jonathan stripped himself of his + 18:4 See Jno 21. upper garment, and gave it to David, and his mantle and all he had upon him, even to his sword and to his bow, and to his girdle.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 20:8And you shall deal mercifully with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with yourself: and if there is iniquity in your servant, kill me yourself; but why do you thus bring me to your father?

1 Samuel 22:8That you⌃ are conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessae, and there is no one of you that + 22:8 Gr. labors. is sorry for me, or informs me, that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day?

2 Samuel 9:1And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan's sake?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:2-6

Jonathan's Love to David. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and… Read the whole commentary →

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