1 Samuel 18:3
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
In Context
2And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:8So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
1 Samuel 22:8That all ye haue conspired against me, and there is none that tellerh mee that my sonne hath made a couenant with the sonne of Ishai? and there is none of you that is sory for me, or sheweth mee, that my sonne hath stirred vp my seruant to lie in wayte against me, as appeareth this day?
2 Samuel 9:1And Dauid sayde, Is there yet any man left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him mercie for Ionathans sake?
Proverbs 18:24A man that hath friends, ought to shew him selfe friendly: for a friend is neerer then 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 →