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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Samuel 18:2

And Saul tooke him that day, and would let him go no more home to his fathers house.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Friendship;   Jonathan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Saul, King of Israel;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Jonathan;   Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Friend, Friendship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Brotherly Love;   David;   Jonathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Father's House;   Merab;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him return to his father’s house.
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
King James Version
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
Lexham English Bible
Saul took him on that very day and did not allow him to return to his father's house.
English Standard Version
And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.
New Century Version
Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him go home to his father's house.
New English Translation
Saul retained David on that day and did not allow him to return to his father's house.
Amplified Bible
Saul took David that day and did not let him return to his father's house.
New American Standard Bible
And Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house.
Contemporary English Version
From that time on, Saul kept David in his service and would not let David go back to his own family.
Complete Jewish Bible
That day, Sha'ul took David into his service and would not let him go home to his father's house any more.
Darby Translation
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
George Lamsa Translation
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his fathers house.
Good News Translation
Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him go back home.
Literal Translation
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Saul toke him the same daye, and let him not go agayne to his fathers house.
American Standard Version
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
Bible in Basic English
And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Saul toke him that daye, and woulde let him go no more home to his fathers house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
English Revised Version
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
Berean Standard Bible
And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father's house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Saul took Dauid in that dai, and grauntide not `to hym, `that he schulde turne ayen in to `the hows of his fadir.
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.
Update Bible Version
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home anymore to his father's house.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
World English Bible
Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
New King James Version
Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father's house anymore.
New Living Translation
From that day on Saul kept David with him and wouldn't let him return home.
New Life Bible
Saul took David that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
New Revised Standard
Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul took him, that day, - and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house.
Revised Standard Version
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
THE MESSAGE
Saul received David into his own household that day, no more to return to the home of his father.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house.

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to passe when hee made an ende of speaking vnto Saul, that the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, and Ionathan loued him as his owne soule. 2 And Saul tooke him that day, and would let him go no more home to his fathers house. 3 Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant, because he loued him as his owne soule. 4 And Ionathan stript himselfe of the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it to Dauid, and his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 And Dauid went out, whither soeuer Saul sent him, and behaued himselfe wisely: and Saul set him ouer the men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took him: 1 Samuel 16:21-23, 1 Samuel 17:15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:7 - in times past

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
And said, My Lord, If now I haue found fauour in thy sight, passe not away, I pray thee, fro thy seruant:
Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent, vnto Sarah, & said; Make ready quickly three measures of fine meale, knead it, and make cakes vpon the hearth.
Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ranne vnto the heard, and fetcht a calfe, tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yong man: and he hasted to dresse it.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age: and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women.
Genesis 18:16
And the men rose vp from thence, and looked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way.
Genesis 19:1
And there came two Angels to Sodome at euen, and Lot sate in the gate of Sodome: and Lot seeing them, rose vp to meet them, and he bowed himselfe with his face toward the ground.
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham stood vp and bowed himselfe to the people of the land, euen to the children of Heth.
Genesis 32:24
And Iacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him, vntill the breaking of the day.
Genesis 43:26
And when Ioseph came home, they brought him the Present which was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselues to him to the earth.
Genesis 43:28
And they answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, hee is yet aliue: & they bowed downe their heads, and made obeisance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul took him that day,.... Not only into his favour, and into his service, but into his court; even on that very day he slew the Philistine, or however as soon as it could be done:

and would let him go no more home to his father's house; as he used to do before; when he only served as a musician to him, then he was only at court when Saul was in a melancholy disposition, and wanted him, and so was going and returning, and in the intervals kept his father's sheep, 1 Samuel 17:15; but now he would not suffer him to attend such business any longer, since he was not only to become a courtier, and be made a prince or noble, but to marry his daughter, according to the declaration he had made, with respect to any man that should kill Goliath.


 
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