1 Samuel 20:17

And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule)

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

In Context

16So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.

18Then said Ionathan to him, To morowe is the first day of the moneth: and thou shalt be looked for, for thy place shalbe emptie.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:6If thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, or thine owne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wife, that lyeth in thy bosome, or thy friend, which is as thine owne soule, intice thee secretly, saying, Let vs goe and serue other gods, (which thou hast not knowen, thou, I say, nor thy fathers)

1 Samuel 18:3Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.

Proverbs 17:17A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24

Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →

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