1 Samuel 18:1
When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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In Context
2Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
1 Samuel 14:1Now it happened on a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armour, “Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he didn’t tell his father.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 19:2Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
1 Samuel 20:17Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Samuel 23:18They both made a covenant before the LORD. Then David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went 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 →