Our meeting and parting today may be our last on this earth.

After learning that his father Saul was determined to kill David,

Jonathan should have parted ways with David,

whom he loved as his own life.

David knelt down before Jonathan,

prostrated himself on the ground three times,

and they embraced each other and wept together,

with David weeping even more bitterly.

Then Jonathan said to David,

"Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other

in the name of the Lord, saying,

'The Lord is witness between you and me,

and between your descendants and my descendants forever.'"

After this, they parted ways

(Ref.: 1 Samuel 20:41-43).

After their parting,

Jonathan died in battle alongside his father Saul (1:4).

When David learned of this,

he composed a lamentation mourning Saul and Jonathan.

In this song, he spoke about his beloved Jonathan, who had died:

"My brother Jonathan, I grieve for you;

you were very dear to me.

Your love for me was wonderful,

more wonderful than that of women" (v. 26).

Our meeting and parting today

could be the last on this earth.