1 Samuel 18:3
וַיִּכְרֹת יְהוֹנָתָן וְדָוִד בְּרִית בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ אֹתוֹ כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
In Context
2וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ שָׁאוּל בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְלֹא נְתָנוֹ לָשׁוּב בֵּית אָבִֽיו ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:8וְעָשִׂיתָ חֶסֶד עַל ־ עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בִּבְרִית יְהוָה הֵבֵאתָ אֶֽת ־ עַבְדְּךָ עִמָּךְ וְאִם ־ יֶשׁ ־ בִּי עָוֺן הֲמִיתֵנִי אַתָּה וְעַד ־ אָבִיךָ לָמָּה ־ זֶּה תְבִיאֵֽנִי ׃ פ
1 Samuel 22:8כִּי קְשַׁרְתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם עָלַי וְאֵין ־ גֹּלֶה אֶת ־ אָזְנִי בִּכְרָת ־ בְּנִי עִם ־ בֶּן ־ יִשַׁי וְאֵין ־ חֹלֶה מִכֶּם עָלַי וְגֹלֶה אֶת ־ אָזְנִי כִּי הֵקִים בְּנִי אֶת ־ עַבְדִּי עָלַי לְאֹרֵב כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃ ס
2 Samuel 9:1וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד הֲכִי יֶשׁ ־ עוֹד אֲשֶׁר נוֹתַר לְבֵית שָׁאוּל וְאֶעֱשֶׂה עִמּוֹ חֶסֶד בַּעֲבוּר יְהוֹנָתָֽן ׃
Proverbs 18:24אִישׁ רֵעִים לְהִתְרֹעֵעַ וְיֵשׁ אֹהֵב דָּבֵק מֵאָֽח ׃
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 →