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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.
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Verse 1. Soul. Pythagoras said, “that friendship is an equality, and one soul, and that the friend is another self.” It would be difficult to find two souls more tender and generous than those of David and Jonathan. Calmet.—Josephus speaks of their friendship on another occasion, as these five verses are omitted in the Rom. Septuagint and so forth Ken.
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