1 Samuel 18:3

New Messianic Version Bible

Then Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] and David [beloved] made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

Cross References

1 Samuel 20:42

And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] said to David [beloved], Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), saying, The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) be between me and youi, and between my seed and youi seed forever. And he arose and departed: and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] went into the city.

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared M’fivoshet [exterminating the idol], the son of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] the son of Sha’ul [desired], because of the Lord-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] oath that [was] between them, between David [beloved] and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] the son of Sha’ul [desired].

1 Samuel 23:18

And they two made a covenant before the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): and David [beloved] abode in the wood, and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] went to his house.

1 Samuel 20:41

[And] as soon as the boy was gone, David [beloved] arose out of [a place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David [beloved] exceeded.

1 Samuel 22:8

That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Yishai [I possess], and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or shows unto me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Samuel 19:1

And Sha’ul [desired] spoke to Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David [beloved].

Proverbs 18:24

A man [that has] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticks closer than a brother.