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JONATHAN

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the son of Saul, a prince of an excellent disposition, and in
all varieties of fortune a sincere and steady friend to David. Jonathan
gave signal proofs of courage and conduct upon all occasions that
offered, during the wars between his father and the Philistines. The
death of Jonathan was lamented by David, in one of the noblest and most
pathetic odes ever uttered by genius consecrated by pious friendship.
See 1 Sam. xiii, 16, &c; xiv, 1, 2, &c.
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