David and Jonathan
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David and Jonathan were, according to the Hebrew Bible's Books of Samuel, heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel, who formed a covenant, taking a mutual oath.
"David and Jonathan", one of Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours
David and Jonathan by Rembrandt, c. 1642
Jonathan embraces David from Caspar Luiken's Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti Iconibus Representatae (1712)
David and Jonathan The biblical account of David and Jonathan has been read by some as the story of two lovers. "La Somme le Roi", AD 1290; French illuminated ms (detail); British Museum
Saul
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Saul was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century
David and Jonathan
…to the Hebrew Bible's Books of Samuel, heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel, who formed a covenant, taking a mutual oath. Jonathan was the son of Saul, king of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, and David was the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, of the tribe of Judah, and Jonathan's presumed rival for the…
Saul depicted in a detail from an 1878 oil painting by Ernst Josephson
The Kingdom of Saul, according to the biblical account
David Plays the Harp for Saul, by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650
Saul threatening David, by José Leonardo, c. 1640s