1 Samuel 18 · Verse 2

1 Samuel 18:2

And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
1 Samuel 18:2, King James Version

1 Samuel 18:2 in other translations

BSBAnd from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
WEBSaul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
ASVAnd Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
YLTAnd Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.
DARBYAnd Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
BBEAnd that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.
WebsterAnd Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

What does 1 Samuel 18:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. Saul would let him go no more home--He was established as a permanent resident at court.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 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…

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1 Samuel 18:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקָּחֵ֥הוּvai.yi.ka.Che.huand he took himH3947
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
נְתָנ֔וֹne.ta.Nohe permitted himH5414
לָשׁ֖וּבla.Shuvto returnH7725
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אָבִֽיו\׃'a.Vivfather hisH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 18:2

  • 1 Samuel 17:15

    But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.

  • 1 Samuel 16:21-23

    And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took him.
16:21-23; 17:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 18:1

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 18:2

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

  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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1 Samuel 18:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Saúl le tomó aquel día, y no le dejó volver á casa de su padre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül le prit ce jour-là, et ne lui permit pas de retourner à la maison de son père.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Saul nahm ihn an jenem Tage zu sich und ließ ihn nicht in das Haus seines Vaters zurückkehren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tulitque eum Saul in die illa, et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui.