1 Samuel 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David 1  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. 2  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. 3 

1 Samuel 25:29

25:29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag 4  of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

1 Samuel 25:2

David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal

25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; 5  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David 6  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. 7  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. 8 

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

3 tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

4 tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”

5 tn Heb “great.”

6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

8 tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”