1Sa 18:1, 3-4 | ESV | STEP | As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul , the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David , and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .

a ch. 20:17; Deut. 13:6; [ch. 19:2; 2 Sam. 1:26]

b[See ver. 1 above]

1 Samuel 18:1

David and Jonathan’s Friendship

1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan ^aloved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3-4

3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because ^bhe loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.