1 Samuel 18:3
And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant,—because he loved him as his own soul.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
In Context
2And Saul took him, that day,—and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:8Thus shalt thou do a lovingkindness for thy servant, for, into a covenant of Yahweh, hast thou brought thy servant, with thee,—But, if there is in me transgression, put me to death, thyself, for, unto thy father, wherefore shouldst thou bring me in?
1 Samuel 22:8That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear [to this],—that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
2 Samuel 9:1And David said, Is there yet one left unto the house of Saul,—that I may show him lovingkindness, for the sake of, Jonathan?
Proverbs 18:24A man having [many] friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than 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 →