1 After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. 2 And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
1 Samuel 18:1–2
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1 Samuel 26:24–25
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