1 Samuel 18:1
“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.”
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.
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Cross-References
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”
“And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.”
“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”
“I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.”
“Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;”