1 Samuel 18:1-5

v.1

1 Samuel 18:1 ESV

1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

-the soul of Jonathan was bound to David’s soul = great affection

Benjamin’s relationship with his father

Genesis 44:30 ESV

30 “Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,

-They both were courageous warriors

-They both had faith in God

-Jonathan loved David, so did Saul

1 Samuel 16:21 ESV

21 And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.

v.2

1 Samuel 18:2 ESV

2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.

-At this point David became a permanent fixture in Saul’s kingdom (at least until Saul became jealous)

v.3-4

1 Samuel 18:3–4 ESV

3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.

-made a covenant = cut a covenant

-would be accompanied with gifts, believed that Jonathan gave David the gifts that were set aside for heir to Saul’s throne

-stripped - outer garment

Genesis 37:23 ESV

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.

v.5

1 Samuel 18:5 ESV

5 And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

-similar to Joseph

Genesis 41:38–40 ESV

38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?” 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”

-successful = in battle

-Why the inclusion of this account between Jonathan and David?

-Jonathan would become a shelter for David, God by His sovereignty was setting up protection for the king He called