1 Samuel 20:17 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

KJV

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ASV

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

WEB

And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

YLT

and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

DBT

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved 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.
Proverbs 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
2 Samuel 1:26
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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) why Jonathan was so earnest to have the friendship entailed is purely generous, and has nothing of self in it; it was because he loved him as he loved his own soul, and therefore desired that he and his might be beloved by him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1SA 20:17PRO 18:24 PRO 17:17
1SA 20:17PRO 18:24 JHN 15:13-15
1SA 20:17PRO 18:24 PRO 27:9
1SA 20:171SA 18:1 PRO 18:24
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 20:17PRO 18:24 2SA 1:26
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 20:17PRO 18:24 1SA 19:4-5
1SA 20:171SA 18:1 1SA 18:3
1SA 20:171SA 18:1 COL 2:2

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