What kind of love was better than the love of women (2 Samuel 1:26)?
Some have used the biblical language describing the relationship between David and Jonathan to argue that they had a homosexual relationship. This conclusion simply cannot be supported by the language or by a serious study of the Bible. David’s statement that Jonathan’s “love” for him was “more wonderful than that of women” should be understood to have covenantal connotations (i.e., covenantal/political loyalty; translated “friendship” in Psalm 109:4–5). This is certainly the nature of relationships that God longs for his people in the church–a deep, committed love for one another that strengthens our faithfulness to God!
