1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan Supports David Over Saul

¹⁶ Thus Jonathan solemnised a covenant with the house of David saying , - So let Yahweh require it, at the hand of the enemies of David. ¹⁷ And again Jonathan sware unto David, by his love to him, - for, as he loved his own soul, so loved he him. ¹⁸ Then said Jonathan unto him - To-morrow, is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty;

Swear an Oath

Took an Oath

Loved Him As Himself

David

Jonathan

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, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

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

Deuteronomy 13:6

When thy brother - son of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying, - Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother, Jonathan! Delightful to me, exceedingly, - Wonderful, was thy love to me, passing the love of women.

Proverbs 18:24

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.