1 Samuel 20:17

The Scriptures 2009

And Yehonathan again made Dawiḏ swear, because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own being.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

“I am distressed for you, my brother Yehonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wondrous, Surpassing the love of women.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many friends might come to ruin, But there is a Loving One Who sticks closer than a brother!

Jeremiah 40:9

And Geḏalyahu son of Aḥiqam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid of serving the Kasdim. Dwell in the land and serve the sovereign of Baḇel, and it shall be well with you.

Deuteronomy 13:6

“When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to be, when he had ended speaking to Sha’ul, that the being of Yehonathan was knit to the being of Dawiḏ, and Yehonathan loved him as his own being.

1 Samuel 18:3

And Yehonathan and Dawiḏ made a covenant, because he loved him as his own being.