Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3772 [e] וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת way-yiḵ-rōṯ And made Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3083 [e] יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן yə-hō-w-nā-ṯān Jonathan N-proper-ms 1732 [e] וְדָוִ֖ד wə-ḏā-wiḏ and David Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1285 [e] בְּרִ֑ית bə-rîṯ; a covenant N-fs 160 [e] בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ bə-’a-hă-ḇā-ṯōw because of his love Prep-b | N-fsc | 3ms 853 [e] אֹת֖וֹ ’ō-ṯōw for him DirObjM | 3ms 5315 [e] כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ kə-nap̄-šōw. as his own soul Prep-k | N-fsc | 3ms

New American Standard Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.

made a covenant

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