THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 20:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.
וַיּ֤וֹסֶף יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ לְהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אֶת־דָּוִ֔ד בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ אֹת֑וֹ כִּֽי־אַהֲבַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֖וֹ אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃
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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 18:1And 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.
- 1 Sam 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, 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.
- 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,