1 Samuel 18:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.”
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“Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jonathan maketh--also David--a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 18:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 19:1Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
- 1 Samuel 20:8Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
- 1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
- 1 Samuel 22:8Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
- 1 Samuel 23:18So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
- 2 Samuel 9:1Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- 2 Samuel 21:7Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
- Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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