¶ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end {H3615} of speaking {H1696} unto Saul {H7586}, that the soul {H5315} of Jonathan {H3083} was knit {H7194} with the soul {H5315} of David {H1732}, and Jonathan {H3083} loved {H157} him as his own soul {H5315}.
By the time David had finished speaking to Sha'ul, Y'honatan found himself inwardly drawn by David's character, so that Y'honatan loved him as he did himself.
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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Proverbs 18:24
¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother. -
1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. -
2 Samuel 1:26
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. -
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. -
Colossians 2:2
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; -
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore 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; -
Deuteronomy 13:6
¶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;