There is certainly nothing else like this in the Hebrew Bible. The bond between David and Jonathan is the only clear example in the Hebrew Bible of what later readers would call “friendship.” Some readers wonder whether it is also the only example in the Hebrew Bible of a bond between male lovers ( Lev 18:22 and Lev 20:13 notwithstanding). ![]() Many readers have even been inspired to rewrite it in their own words. But who was this Jonathan, and what was his love for David that surpassed “the love of women”? David’s song of mourning is an extraordinary outburst of grief at the loss of the dearest of friends. So David mourns his fallen comrade, slain in battle on Mount Gilboa. ![]() “I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan greatly beloved were you to me your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women” ( 2 Sam 1:26).
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