1 Samuel 18:1

The Friendship Of David And Jonathan

¹ Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life. ² And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

Loved Him as His Own Soul

Loved Him As Himself

David

Jonathan

Saul

2 Samuel 1:26

I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

Genesis 44:30

If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

1 Samuel 19:2

And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.

1 Samuel 14:1-14

Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

1 Samuel 14:45

And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

1 Chronicles 12:17

And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Colossians 2:2

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,