1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
In Context
2Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:8Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”
1 Samuel 22:8Is that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
2 Samuel 9:1David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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 →