1 Samuel 20:17

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And Jonathan will add to cause David to swear in his loving him; as loving his soul he loved him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

Distress to me for thee, my brother Jonathan: thou wert sweet to me exceedingly: thy love to me was wonderful above the love of women.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves in all time, and a brother shall be born for straits.

Proverbs 18:24

A man of friends for making friendship: and there is love attaching more than a brother.

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, will swear to them and to their men, saying, Ye shall not fear serving the Chaldeans: dwell in the land and serve the king of Babel, and it shall be well to you.

Deuteronomy 13:6

When thy brother, the son of thy mother, shall entice thee, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thy soul, in secret, saying, We will go and serve other gods which thou knewest not, thou, and thy fathers;

1 Samuel 18:1

And it will be as he finished to speak to Saul, and the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David, and Jonathan will love him as his soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

And Jonathan and David will cut out a covenant in his loving him as his soul