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1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved him as himself.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covenant;   David;   Friendship;   Jonathan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Brotherly Love;   Children;   Covenant;   Covenants and Vows;   Home;   Love;   Love-Hatred;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Covenants;   Presents;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Jonathan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Friend, Friendship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Brotherly Love;   Covenant;   Friend, Friendship;   Jonathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Friend;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, in the Old Testament;   David;   Relationships, Family;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Friendship;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Yonatan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
King James Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Lexham English Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
English Standard Version
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
New Century Version
Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved David as much as himself.
New English Translation
Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.
Amplified Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
New American Standard Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.
Contemporary English Version
Jonathan liked David so much that they promised to always be loyal friends.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'honatan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as he did himself.
Darby Translation
And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jonathan loved David as much as himself, so they made a special agreement.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because Jonathan loved David as his own soul.
Good News Translation
Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.
Literal Translation
And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ionathas and Dauid made a couenaunt together, for he loued him as his owne soule.
American Standard Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenaunt, because he loued him as his owne soule.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
King James Version (1611)
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant, because he loued him as his owne soule.
English Revised Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Jonathas and Dauid maden boond of pees, `that is, swerynge euerlastynge frenschip; for Jonathas louyde Dauid as his owne soule;
Young's Literal Translation
And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,
Update Bible Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
World English Bible
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
New King James Version
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
New Living Translation
And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.
New Revised Standard
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant, - because he loved him as his own soul.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for he loved him as his own soul.
Revised Standard Version
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
THE MESSAGE
Jonathan, out of his deep love for David, made a covenant with him. He formalized it with solemn gifts: his own royal robe and weapons—armor, sword, bow, and belt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

Contextual Overview

1 When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became one with the soul of David. Jonathan loved him as himself. 2 Saul took David that day, and would not let him return to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved him as himself. 4 Jonathan took off his long coat and gave it to David. He gave him his battle-clothes, his sword, his bow and his belt also. 5 David went everywhere that Saul sent him, and did well. Saul had him lead the men of war. And it was pleasing to all the people and to Saul's servants.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made a covenant: 1 Samuel 20:8-17, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 23:18, 2 Samuel 9:1-3, 2 Samuel 21:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:27 - made Genesis 21:32 - General Deuteronomy 13:6 - which is 1 Samuel 18:1 - loved him 1 Samuel 20:16 - made 1 Samuel 20:17 - for he loved 1 Samuel 20:41 - David exceeded 1 Samuel 22:8 - that my son 2 Kings 11:4 - made a covenant 1 Chronicles 12:17 - heart 2 Chronicles 23:1 - covenant with him Proverbs 17:17 - General Philippians 2:20 - likeminded

Cross-References

Genesis 32:5
I have cattle and donkeys and flocks and men and women servants. And I have sent to tell my lord, hoping to find favor in your eyes.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,.... A covenant of friendship; entered into a solemn agreement to keep up and maintain a cordial respect to each other, and to support each other's interest both in life and after death, whoever was the survivor; and in consequence of this David had a friend at court, when Saul fell out with him, and who pleaded his cause, and discovered his father's plots, and was the means of preserving David's life:

because he loved him as his own soul; so that this covenant was not founded in mere words, but in sincere and cordial affection, and was lasting and inviolable.


 
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