| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Sa 18:3 | Strong Concordance | Then Jonathan [03083] and David [01732] made [03772] a covenant [01285], because he loved [0160] him as his own soul [05315]. |
| King James | Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Then Jonathan and David made a covenant--Such covenants of brotherhood are frequent in the East. They are ratified by certain ceremonies, and in presence of witnesses, that the persons covenanting will be sworn brothers for life. |