Gen 2:24, 34:3, 1Sa 18:1-3, 1Ki 11:2, Rom 12:9 | TSK | STEP | leave. cleave. and they shall be one flesh.The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.

Genesis 2:24

leave.

cleave.

Le 22:12,13; De 4:4; 10:20; Jos 23:8; Ps 45:10; Pr 12:4; 31:10

and they shall be one flesh.The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.

Mal 2:14-16; Mt 19:3-9; Mr 10:6-12; Ro 7:2; 1Co 6:16,17; 7:2-4,10

1Co 7:11; Eph 5:28-31; 1Ti 5:14; 1Pe 3:1-7

Genesis 34:3

soul.

Ru 1:14; 1Sa 18:1

kindly unto the damsel. Heb. to the heart of the damsel.

2Sa 19:7; 2Ch 30:22; Isa 40:2; Ho 2:14; *marg:

1 Samuel 18:1-3

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