¹⁷ And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

¹ Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

³ Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

⁶ If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

²⁶ I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

²⁴ There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.