2Sa 1:23 | TNotes | STEP | 1:23 beloved and gracious ... together in life and in death: Although the relationship between Saul and Jonathan was strained, especially due to Saul’s treatment of David (see 1 Sam 20:30-33 ), Jonathan nevertheless fought and died alongside his father while defending Israel against the Philistine menace.

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‏ 2 Samuel 1:23

1:23 ^a beloved and gracious ... together in life and in death: Although the relationship between Saul and Jonathan was strained, especially due to Saul’s treatment of David (see 1 Sam 20:30-33 ^b), Jonathan nevertheless fought and died alongside his father while defending Israel against the Philistine menace.