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1 Samuel 18:3

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3 Und Jonathan und David machten einen Bund miteinander; denn er hatte ihn lieb wie sein eigen Herz.

1 Samuel 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant
A covenant of friendship; entered into a solemn agreement to keep up and maintain a cordial respect to each other, and to support each other's interest both in life and after death, whoever was the survivor; and in consequence of this David had a friend at court, when Saul fell out with him, and who pleaded his cause, and discovered his father's plots, and was the means of preserving David's life:

because he loved him as his own soul;
so that this covenant was not founded in mere words, but in sincere and cordial affection, and was lasting and inviolable.

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1 Samuel 18:3 In-Context

1 Und da er hatte ausgeredet mit Saul, verband sich das Herz Jonathans mit dem Herzen Davids, und Jonathan gewann ihn lieb wie sein eigen Herz.
2 Und Saul nahm ihn des Tages und ließ ihn nicht wieder zu seines Vaters Haus kommen.
3 Und Jonathan und David machten einen Bund miteinander; denn er hatte ihn lieb wie sein eigen Herz.
4 Und Jonathan zog aus seinen Rock, den er anhatte, und gab ihn David, dazu seinen Mantel, sein Schwert, seinen Bogen und seinen Gürtel. {~} {~}
5 Und David zog aus, wohin ihn Saul sandte, und hielt sich klüglich. Und Saul setzte ihn über Kriegsleute; und er gefiel wohl allem Volk, auch den Knechten Sauls. {~} {~} {~}
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