1 Samuel 18:1

New English Translation

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

1 Chronicles 12:17

David went out to meet them and said, “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!”

Psalm 86:11

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

Proverbs 18:24

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Deuteronomy 13:6

Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

Colossians 2:2

My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.

1 Samuel 14:45

But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.

1 Samuel 19:1

Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.

1 Samuel 19:2

So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.

1 Samuel 20:8

You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

1 Samuel 22:8

For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”

1 Samuel 23:18

When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.