This attraction is given extravagant expression | The Making of a Man of God: Lessons from the Life of David |
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As we have noticed, the attraction of Jonathan to David begins almost immediately as Saul is delighted in his new companion | The long seven years of service provides a stunning demonstration of the value Jacob placed on Rachel |
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We are told: "When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David" 1 Sam 18:1 | In the first place it appears to be love at first sight |
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We see, in the first place, that the love of Jonathan and David was pure in its origin | Instead, the reader's gaze has twice been directed to David's extraordinary beauty |
For what David has said to Saul is "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite" 17:58.
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