1Sa 18:1-4, 20:14-17, 42, 23:16-18, 2Sa 1:26, 1Ki 2:7, Pro 27:10 | TSK | STEP | Jonathan loves David. Saul envies his praise; seeks to kill him in his fury; fears him for his good success; offers him his daughters for a snare. David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law, gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry. Saul's hatred and David's glory increase. the soul of Jonathan.The modesty, piety, and courage of David were so congenial to the character of the amiable Jonathan, that they attracted his most cordial esteem and affection; so that the most intimate friendship subsisted between them from that time, and they loved each other with pure hearts fervently. Their friendship could not be affected by the common vicissitudes of life; and it exemplifies by fact what the ancients have written on the subject; [Ten philian isoteta einai, kai mian psychen ton philon heteron auton.] "Friendship is an entire sameness, and one soul: a friend is another self." loved him.

1 Samuel 18:1-4

1 Jonathan loves David.

5 Saul envies his praise;

10 seeks to kill him in his fury;

12 fears him for his good success;

17 offers him his daughters for a snare.

23 David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law, gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry.

28 Saul's hatred and David's glory increase.

the soul of Jonathan.The modesty, piety, and courage of David were so congenial to the character of the amiable Jonathan, that they attracted his most cordial esteem and affection; so that the most intimate friendship subsisted between them from that time, and they loved each other with pure hearts fervently. Their friendship could not be affected by the common vicissitudes of life; and it exemplifies by fact what the ancients have written on the subject; [Ten philian isoteta einai, kai mian psychen ton philon heteron auton.] "Friendship is an entire sameness, and one soul: a friend is another self."

14:1-14,45; Ge 44:30; Jud 20:11; 1Ch 12:17; Ps 86:11; Col 2:2

loved him.

3; 19:2; 20:17; De 13:6; 2Sa 1:26; Pr 18:24

took him.

16:21-23; 17:15

made a covenant.

20:8-17,42; 23:18; 2Sa 9:1-3; 21:7

stripped himself.Presents of clothes or rich robes, as tokens of respect or friendship, are frequent in the East.

Ge 41:42; Es 6:8,9; Isa 61:10; Lu 15:22; 2Co 5:21; Php 2:7,8

1 Samuel 20:14-17

the kindness.

2Sa 9:3; Eph 5:1,2

thou shalt.

24:21; 2Sa 9:1-7; 21:7

made. Heb. cut.

18:3; Ge 15:18

Let the Lord.

25:22; 31:2; 2Sa 4:7,8; 21:8

because he loved him. or, by his love toward him. for heloved.

18:1,3; De 13:6; 2Sa 1:26; Pr 18:24

1 Samuel 20:42

Go in peace.

22; 1:17; Nu 6:26; Lu 7:50; Ac 16:36

forasmuch as. or, the Lord be witness of that which, etc.

And he arose.

23:18The separation of two such faithful friends was equally grievous to them both, but David's case was the more deplorable: for when Jonathan was returning to his family and friends, David was leaving all his comforts, even those of God's sanctuary, and therefore his grief exceeded Jonathan's; or, perhaps it was because his temper was more tender and his passions stronger. They referred each other to the covenant of friendship that was between them, both of them being comforted thereby in this very mournful separation:--"We have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, for ourselves and our heirs, that we and they will be faithful and kind to each other from generation to generation."