2 Samuel 1:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:27

How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!

Proverbs 18:24

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

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:

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 20:41

And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;