1 Samuel 18:1
Konteks18:1 When David 1 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
1 Samuel 18:3
Konteks18:3 Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life. 4
[18:1] 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:1] 2 tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”
[18:1] 3 tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”
[18:1] 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.