1 Samuel 18:2
And Saul took him that day, and would not permit him to return to his father’s house.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
In Context
3Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:21And David went to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him exceedingly, and he made him his armor bearer.
1 Samuel 19:7And so Jonathan called David, and he revealed to him all of these words. And Jonathan led in David to Saul, and he was before him, just as he had been yesterday and the day before.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:2-6
Jonathan's Love to David. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and… Read the whole commentary →