1 Samuel 18:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

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  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 26 I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!
  • Gen 44:30 : 30 `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),
  • 1 Sam 20:17 : 17 and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.
  • 1 Sam 19:2 : 2 and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 `When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who `is' as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,
  • Judg 20:11 : 11 And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions.
  • 1 Sam 14:1-9 : 1 And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which `is' on the other side of this;' and to his father he hath not declared `it'. 2 And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which `is' in Migron, and the people who `are' with him, about six hundred men, 3 and Ahiah, son of Ahitub, brother of I-Chabod, son of Phinehas son of Eli priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, bearing an ephod; and the people knew not that Jonathan hath gone. 4 And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass over unto the station of the Philistines `is' the edge of a rock on the one side, and the edge of a rock on the other side, and the name of the one is Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The one edge `is' fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.' 7 And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, `Do all that `is' in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I `am' with thee, as thine own heart.' 8 And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them; 9 if thus they say unto us, `Stand still till we have come unto you,' then we have stood in our place, and do not go up unto them; 10 and if thus they say, `Come up against us,' then we have gone up, for Jehovah hath given them into our hand, and this to us `is' the sign. 11 And revealed are both of them unto the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, `Lo, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.' 12 And the men of the station answer Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons, and say, `Come up unto us, and we cause you to know something.' And Jonathan saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Come up after me, for Jehovah hath given them into the hand of Israel.' 13 And Jonathan goeth up on his hands, and on his feet, and the bearer of his weapons after him; and they fall before Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons is putting to death after him. 14 And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field,
  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.
  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,
  • 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 and David goeth out before them, and answereth and saith to them, `If for peace ye have come in unto me, to help me, I have a heart to unite with you; and if to betray me to mine adversaries -- without violence in my hands -- the God of our fathers doth see and reprove.'
  • Ps 86:11 : 11 Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 A man with friends `is' to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
  • Col 2:2 : 2 that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

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  • 1 Sam 18:2-4
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    89%

    2And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.

    3And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

    4and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which `is' upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

  • 1 Sam 20:16-17
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    16And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought `it' from the hand of the enemies of David;

    17and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

  • 1 Sam 23:16-18
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    16And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

    17and saith unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.'

    18And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:41-42
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    41The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

    42and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age;' and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
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    17And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

  • 1 Sam 19:1-7
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    1And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,

    2and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,

    3and I -- I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou `art', and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what `is coming', and have declared to thee.'

    4And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee `are' very good;

    5yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?'

    6And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.'

    7And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.

  • 2 Sam 1:25-26
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    25How have the mighty fallen In the midst of the battle! Jonathan! on thy high places wounded!

    26I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

  • 1 Sam 20:3-4
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    3And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but -- as a step between me and death.'

    4And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.'

  • 1 Sam 20:11-13
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    11And Jonathan saith unto David, `Come, and we go out into the field;' and they go out both of them into the field.

    12And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel -- when I search my father, about `this' time to-morrow `or' the third `day', and lo, good `is' towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear --

    13thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father, then I have uncovered thine ear, and sent thee away, and thou hast gone in peace, and Jehovah is with thee, as he was with my father;

  • 1 Sam 13:22
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    22And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who `are' with Saul and with Jonathan -- and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16And it cometh to pass, when David completeth to speak these words unto Saul, that Saul saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?' and Saul lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.

  • 1 Sam 20:35
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    35And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little youth `is' with him.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    74%

    1And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which `is' on the other side of this;' and to his father he hath not declared `it'.

  • 1 Sam 20:32-33
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    32And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?'

    33And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.

  • 1 Sam 16:21
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    21And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.

  • 1 Sam 20:28
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    28And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,

  • 2 Sam 1:22-23
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    22From the blood of the wounded, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan Hath not turned backward; And the sword of Saul doth not return empty.

    23Saul and Jonathan! They are loved and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they have not been parted. Than eagles they have been lighter, Than lions they have been mightier!

  • 2 Sam 1:4
    74%

    4And David saith unto him, `What hath been the matter? declare, I pray thee, to me.' And he saith, that `The people hath fled from the battle, and also a multitude hath fallen of the people, and they die; and also Saul and Jonathan his son have died.'

  • 1 Sam 14:42-45
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    42And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;' and Jonathan is captured.

    43And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?' and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that `is' in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!'

    44And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.'

    45And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    73%

    2and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
    73%

    21And the Hebrews `who' have been for the Philistines as heretofore, who had gone up with them into the camp, have turned round, even they, to be with Israel who `are' with Saul and Jonathan,

  • 2 Sam 1:12
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    12and they mourn, and weep, and fast till the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    72%

    17And Saul saith to the people who `are' with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?' and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not.

  • 1 Sam 14:40
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    40And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye -- ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;' and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.'

  • 1 Sam 18:28
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    28And Saul seeth and knoweth that Jehovah `is' with David, and Michal daughter of Saul hath loved him,

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?'

  • 1 Sam 14:13
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    13And Jonathan goeth up on his hands, and on his feet, and the bearer of his weapons after him; and they fall before Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons is putting to death after him.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
    72%

    16and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
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    2and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul.