2 Samuel

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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

And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.