1 Samuel 18:1 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

³⁰ And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

^{6 (13:7)} If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is dear to thee as thy own soul, should entice thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou dost not know, either thou, or thy fathers;

¹¹ So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, associated together as one man.

¹ Now it happened one day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ outpost, that is on the other side yonder. But unto his father he told nothing. ² And Saul tarried in the lower part of Gib’ah under the pomegranate tree which is by Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men. ³ And Achiyah, the son of Achitub, the brother of I-chabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of ‘Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wore the ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. ⁴ And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the outpost of the Philistines, there was a sharp point of rock on the one side, and a sharp point of rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. ⁵ The one point rose up abruptly northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Geba’. ⁶ And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the outpost of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us; for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by means of many or by means of few. ⁷ And his armor-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. ⁸ Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will show ourselves unto them. ⁹ If they say thus unto us, Stand still until we come to you: then will we remain standing in our places, and will not go up unto them. ¹⁰ But if they say thus, Come up unto us: then will we go up; for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be unto us the sign. ¹¹ And when both of them showed themselves unto the outpost of the Philistines, the Philistines said, Behold, Hebrews are coming forth out of the holes wherein they have hidden themselves. ¹² And the men of the outpost addressed Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will let you know something. Then said Jonathan unto his armor-bearer, Come up after me; for the Lord hath given them up into the hand of Israel. ¹³ And Jonathan then ascended upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor-bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer was killing after him. ¹⁴ And that first defeat, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer caused, was about twenty men, within about the half of a field, which a yoke of oxen might plough.

⁴⁵ And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? This shall not be: as the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of his head to the ground; for with God hath he wrought this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, and he died not.

³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.

² And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

²⁶ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very dear hast thou been unto me: wonderful was thy love for me, passing the love of women.

¹⁷ And David went out to meet them, and commenced and said unto them. If ye be come for peace unto me, to help me, my heart shall be inclined toward you to unite with you; but if it be to betray me to my adversaries while there is no violence in my hands, then may the God of our fathers look on and decide it.

¹¹ Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

²⁴ A man’s many companions are hurtful to him; but there is many a friend that cleaveth closer than a brother.