1 Samuel 18:2
And Saul takes him on that day, and has not permitted him to return to the house of his father.
Literal Standard 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
3And Jonathan makes—David also—a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul,
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:21And David comes to Saul, and stands before him, and he loves him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.
1 Samuel 19:7And Jonathan calls for David, and Jonathan declares all these words to him, and Jonathan brings in David to Saul, and he is before him as 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 →