1 Samuel 18:2
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.
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 to his girdle.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
- KJV
- And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
- WEB
- Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
- ASV
- And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father`s house.
- DARBY
- And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
- BLB
- And Saul took him that day, and not anymore would he let him return to the house of his father.
- ÅB
- Samme dag tok Saul ham til seg og lot ham ikke mere få vende tilbake til sin fars hus.
- OTB
- Saul tok ham den dagen og tillot ham ikke å vende tilbake til sin fars hus.
- B1930
- Samme dag tok Saul ham til sig og lot ham ikke mere få vende tilbake til sin fars hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:21–23
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
Read in context