1 Samuel 18:1-2

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Jonathan and David

18 When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bonded to the soul of David, and ^[a]Jonathan loved him as himself. ²Saul took David that day and did not let him return to his father’s house.

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1 Samuel 18:1 David’s testimony before Saul and Jonathan’s response to hearing it established a friendship, admiration and loyalty that lasted beyond Jonathan’s death (2 Sam 9:1).