Thursday, July 10, 2014

Deep and genuine friendship

2 Samuel 1:17-27
David wrote lament of the bow concerning Saul and his son Jonathan.
Saul and his son Jonathan are the mighty have fallen in battle.
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful than that of women.
The lament for Saul and Jonathan is one of the most moving and beautiful of all David's poems.
His regret for the king seems wholly sincere; his distress at the loss of Jonathan, deep and genuine真誠.
Why?
Saul had led Israel for a few years, he is the king of Israel, he was God's anointed king. David fear the Lord, so as he respected Saul.
Jonathan had used bow to indicate the way of David.
This was a unique friendship which David valued more highly even than the love of women, which he was never short of. The words do not imply more: homosexual practices were in any case forbidden in Israel. We know that Jonathan had a son even though there is no mention of a wife.
How?
David filled with love to his friend and his king in Israel. The freindship with Jonathanis deep and genuine.


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