'Loved' in the Bible
but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.
Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.
Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them.
Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him.
When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,
Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.