◄ 1 Samuel 18:2 ►
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Good News Translation
Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him go back home.

New Revised Standard Version
Saul took him that day and would 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.

New American Bible
Saul retained David on that day and did not allow him to return 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

took him

1 Samuel 16:21-23 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer. . . .

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

Context
Jonathan Befriends David
1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the son of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for he loved him as his own soul.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:15
David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 19:7
Then Jonathan called David, and told him all these words: and Jonathan brought in David to Saul, and he was before him, as he had been yesterday and the day before.

1 Samuel 18:1
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