45 But the people said to Saul: “Is Jonʹa·than to die, who has performed this great salvation+ in Israel? It is unthinkable!+ As Jehovah is alive,+ not as much as a single hair+ of his head will fall to the earth; for it was with God that he worked this day.”+ With that the people redeemed+ Jonʹa·than, and he did not die.

18 And it came about that, as soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, Jonʹa·than’s*+ very soul became bound+ up with the soul of David, and Jonʹa·than began to love him as his own soul.+