1 Samuel 18:2
And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.
Young's Literal Translation
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 maketh — also David — a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:21And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.
1 Samuel 19:7And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.
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 →