1 Samuel 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David1 had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship.2 Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.3

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1	tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2	tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”
3	tn Heb “like his [own] soul.” sn On the nature of Jonathan’s love for David, see J. A. Thompson, “The Significance of the Verb Love in the David-Jonathan Narratives in 1 Samuel,” VT 24 (1974): 334–38.