THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 18:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the son of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
וַיְהִ֗י כְּכַלֹּתוֹ֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן נִקְשְׁרָ֖ה בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ דָּוִ֑ד ויאהבו וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֥הוּ יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 18:24A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
- 1 Sam 20:17And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.
- 2 Sam 1:26I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee.
- 1 Sam 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for he loved him as his own soul.
- Col 2:2That their hearts may be comforted, being instructed in charity and unto all riches of fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus:
- Gen 44:30Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
- Deut 13:6If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers,
- Judg 20:11And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel: