1 Samuel 18:1
It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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2Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:6If your brother, the son of your father or 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, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
1 Samuel 14:1Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side." But he did not 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, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
1 Samuel 20:17Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Samuel 23:18They both made a covenant before the Lord: and 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 →