1 Samuel 18:1-3 World English Bible (WEB)

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

2. Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.

3. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18