1 Samuel 18:2
And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:21And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.
1 Samuel 19:7So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, and Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.
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 →