2 Samuel 1:26

A Conservative Version

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan. Very pleasant thou have been to me. Thy love to me was wonderful, exceeding the love of women.

Cross References

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan 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 23:16

And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

1 Samuel 20:41

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed each other, and wept one with another until David surpassed [him].

1 Samuel 19:2

And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee. Now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself.

2 Samuel 1:27

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

Proverbs 18:24

He who makes many friends [does it] to his own destruction, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.