1 Samuel 18:2 From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family.

English Standard Version
And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.

New American Standard Bible
Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house.

King James Bible
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him return to his father's house.

International Standard Version
Saul took David that day and did not let him return to his father's house.

American Standard Version
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.

Darby Bible Translation
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.

Cross References

1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 19:7
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:1-5 The friendship of David and Jonathan was the effect of Divine grace, which produces in true believers one heart and one soul, and causes them to love each other. This union of souls is from partaking in the Spirit of Christ. Where God unites hearts, carnal matters are too weak to separate them. Those who love Christ as their own souls, will be willing to join themselves to him in an everlasting covenant. It was certainly a great proof of the power of God's grace in David, that he was able to bear all this respect and honour, without being lifted up above measure.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. Saul would let him go no more home—He was established as a permanent resident at court.