<P> David (Hebrew: דָּוִד ‬; Dāwīḏ or David) and Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן ‬; Yəhōnāṯān or Yehonatan) were heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel, who formed a covenant of friendship recorded in the books of Samuel . </P> <P> Jonathan was the son of Saul, king of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, and David was the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, of the tribe of Judah, and Jonathan's presumed rival for the crown . David became king . The covenant the two men had formed eventually led to David, after Jonathan's death, graciously seating Jonathan's son Mephibosheth at his own royal table instead of eradicating the former king Saul's line . </P>

Where is the story of david and jonathan found in the bible