1 Samuel 18:4

4 Y Jonatán se quitó el manto que tenía sobre sí, y lo dio a David, y otras ropas suyas, hasta su espada, y su arco, y su cinto

1 Samuel 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that [was] upon him,
&c.] As a token of his hearty love and true friendship, and that David might appear at court not in the habit of a shepherd, but in that of a prince:

and gave it to David, and his garments;
his other garments besides his robe, and so clothed him from tip to toe, and which fitted him; for as there was a similarity in their souls, and the disposition of them, so in the make and hulk of their bodies, and in the stature of them:

even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle;
these he gave him to accoutre himself with, that he might appear as a soldier, as well as like a prince, and as another Jonathan, or rather the same; that they might seem as one, as alike in body, so in garb and habit.

1 Samuel 18:4 In-Context

2 Y Saúl le tomó aquel día, y no le dejó volver a casa de su padre

3 E hicieron pacto Jonatán y David, porque él le amaba como a su propia alma

4 Y Jonatán se quitó el manto que tenía sobre sí, y lo dio a David, y otras ropas suyas, hasta su espada, y su arco, y su cinto

5 Y salía David a dondequiera que Saúl le enviaba, y se portaba prudentemente. Y Saúl lo puso sobre la gente de guerra, y era acepto ante los ojos de todo el pueblo, y ante los ojos de los criados de Saúl

6 Y aconteció que cuando volvían ellos, cuando David volvió de matar al filisteo, salieron las mujeres de todas las ciudades de Israel cantando, y con danzas, con adufes, y con alegrías y panderos, a recibir al rey Saúl