Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

1 Samuel 18:1

Context
NETBible

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 

XREF

Ge 44:30; De 13:6; Jud 20:11; 1Sa 14:1-14,45; 1Sa 18:3; 1Sa 19:2; 1Sa 20:17; 2Sa 1:26; 1Ch 12:17; Ps 86:11; Pr 18:24; Col 2:2

NET © Notes

tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

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.



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