1 Samuel 18:3 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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ASV

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

WEB

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

YLT

And Jonathan maketh--also David--a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

DBT

And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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1 Samuel 18:1
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 20:8–17
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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Those who love Christ as their own souls will be willing to join themselves to him in an everlasting covenant. That both court and country agree to bless him. It is but seldom that they agree in their favourites; yet David was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also (which was strange) in the sight of Saul's servants,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant--Such covenants of brotherhood are frequent in the East. They are ratified by certain ceremonies, and in presence of witnesses, that the persons covenanting will be sworn brothers for life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1SA 18:32SA 21:7 1SA 23:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 18:31SA 20:42 1SA 1:17
1SA 18:32SA 21:7 1SA 20:15
1SA 18:31SA 23:18 1SA 20:42
1SA 18:31SA 23:18 2SA 21:7
1SA 18:32SA 21:7 2SA 4:4
1SA 18:32SA 21:7 2SA 9:10
1SA 18:32SA 21:7 1SA 20:8

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