1 Sam 18:1

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1Sam 18:1 Jonathan loves David.

1Sam 18:5 Saul envies his praise;

1Sam 18:10 seeks to kill him in his fury;

1Sam 18:12 fears him for his good success;

1Sam 18:17 offers him his daughters for a snare.

1Sam 18:23 David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law, gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry.

1Sam 18:28 Saul's hatred and David's glory increase.

the soul of Jonathan.

The modesty, piety, and courage of David were so congenial to the character of the amiable Jonathan, that they attracted his most cordial esteem and affection; so that the most intimate friendship subsisted between them from that time, and they loved each other with pure hearts fervently.

Their friendship could not be affected by the common vicissitudes of life; and it exemplifies by fact what the ancients have written on the subject; [Ten philian isoteta einai, kai mian psychen ton philon heteron auton.] "Friendship is an entire sameness, and one soul: a friend is another self."

1Sam 14:1-14; 1Sam 14:45; Gen 44:30; Judg 20:11; 1Chr 12:17; Ps 86:11; Col 2:2

loved him.

1Sam 18:3; 1Sam 19:2; 1Sam 20:17; Deut 13:6; 2Sam 1:26; Prov 18:24