Original sentence: "Brother" was often used as a term of romantic, even erotic, affection in some ancient Mediterranean societies, and the word "sister" is used many times in the bible to represent a bride or a loved woman.David is married to many women, one of whom is Jonathan's sister Michal, but the Bible does not mention David loving Michal (though it is stated that Michal loves David).Other scholars, however, interpret the love between David and Jonathan as more intimate than friendship.The covenant made between the two men strengthens a romantic rather than political or platonic interpretation of their relationship
Edited sentence: "Brother" was often used as a term of romantic, even erotic, affection in some ancient Mediterranean societies, and the word "sister" is used many times in the bible to represnt a bride or a loved woman.David is married to many women, one of which is Jonathan's sister Michal, but the Bible does not mention David loving Michal (though it is stated that Michal loves David).Other scholars, however, interpret the love between David and Jonathan as more intimate than friendship, though there is no reference in the Bible to anything but a "Brotherly" bond between the two.The covenant made between the two men is thought by a few to strengthen a romantic rather than political or platonic interpretation of their relationship