1 Samuel
Introduction

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21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Absurdities
Cruelty and Violence
Injustice
Contradictions
Intolerance
Family Values
Women
Sex
Homosexuality
Interpretation
Language
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SAB: 1 Samuel


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Homosexuality in 1 Samuel

  1. "The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul ... And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments ... and his girdle." 18:1-4

  2. "Jonathan ... delighted much in David." 19:2

  3. Saul is angered by his son's homosexual affair with David and says, "do not I know that thou has chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion of thy mother's nakedness?" 20:30

  4. David and Jonathan "kissed one another, and wept with one another" when they parted for the last time. 20:41