1 Samuel 18:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

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  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
  • Gen 44:30 : 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
  • 1 Sam 20:17 : 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
  • 1 Sam 19:2 : 2 And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
  • Judg 20:11 : 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
  • 1 Sam 14:1-9 : 1 Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few. 7 And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up; for Jehovah hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign unto us. 11 And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.
  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  • 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if [ye be come] to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
  • Ps 86:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
  • Col 2:2 : 2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 18:2-4
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    89%

    2And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

    3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

    4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

  • 1 Sam 20:16-17
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    83%

    16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.

    17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

  • 1 Sam 23:16-18
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    16And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

    17And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

    18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:41-42
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    41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

    42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    79%

    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

  • 1 Sam 19:1-7
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    1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

    2And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

    3and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.

    4And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

    5for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

    6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

    7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.

  • 2 Sam 1:25-26
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    25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

    26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

  • 1 Sam 20:3-4
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    3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

    4Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

  • 1 Sam 20:11-13
    3 verses
    76%

    11And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

    12And Jonathan said unto David, Jehovah, the God of Israel, [be witness] : when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

    13Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    75%

    22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • 1 Sam 20:35
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    35And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    74%

    1Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father.

  • 1 Sam 20:32-33
    2 verses
    74%

    32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

    33And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.

  • 1 Sam 16:21
    74%

    21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

  • 1 Sam 20:28
    74%

    28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

  • 2 Sam 1:22-23
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    22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

    23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

  • 2 Sam 1:4
    74%

    4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

  • 1 Sam 14:42-45
    4 verses
    73%

    42And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

    43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die.

    44And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

    45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    73%

    2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
    73%

    21Now the Hebrews that were with the Philistines as beforetime, and that went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 2 Sam 1:12
    73%

    12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    72%

    17Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

  • 1 Sam 14:40
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    40Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

  • 1 Sam 18:28
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    28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

  • 1 Sam 14:13
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    13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
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    16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
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    2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.