King David: A Biography by Stephen L. McKenzie

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On page 85 of this e-book one can read this:
It is sometimes that David and Jonathan were more than friends.

Thay they were homosexual lovers.

This is based on David's lament for Saul and Jonathan, which reads as followed:"Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women." 2 Samuel 1 v. 26. There are two issues involved here: the meaning of this verse and the historical relationship of David and Jonathan.

As we have seen that the stress on the relationship between Jonathan and David is part of the apology for David.

Their historical relationship was not close as it is depicted in 1 Samuel.

It is also so far from certain that David was really the author of this lament...

Frantz, February 16 2011, 12:02 AM

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