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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 18:2

And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house; he was now permanently in the king's service, and could no more, as he formerly did, 1 Samuel 17:15, return home from time to time to assist in the work and to perform his shepherd's duties.

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See also 1 Samuel 18:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. JONATHAN AND DAVID--SAUL'S JEALOUSY CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Jonathan's love for David (1 Samuel 18:1)_ 2. The beginning of Saul's jealousy (1 Samuel 18:5) 3. David's marriage (1 Samuel 18:17)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 17:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 18:5. DAVID AND GOLIATH (E, with additione by R). In this section two narratives seem to have been interwoven. For the sake of convenience, we may denote one set of passages...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 Samuel 18:1-5. Jonathan's friendship for David 1 5. This section also is not found in the Septuagint (B)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Saul's Reception of David Into His Court, 1 Samuel 18:1-30. _David's Covenant With Jonathan._ 1 Samuel 18:1-4 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jona...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SAUL TOOK HIM THAT DAY, AND WOULD LET HIM GO NO MORE HOME TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE._ Saul would let him go no more home. He was established as a permanent resident at court....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LOVE OF JONATHAN FOR DAVID 1 Samuel 18:6 of this chapter seem to be connected with 1 Samuel 16:14 and not to be taken from the same document as 1 Samuel 17:1 to...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 18 V1 David finished talking with Saul. Jonathan, Saul’s son, became a very close friend with David. Jonathan loved David as much as he loved...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקָּחֵ֥הוּ שָׁא֖וּל בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXV. _ SAUL'S JEALOUS-DAVID'S MARRIAGE._ 1 Samuel 18:1. THE conqueror of Goliath had been promised, as his reward, the eldest daughter of the king in marriage. The fulfillment of that promis...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A LOYAL FRIEND AND A JEALOUS ENEMY 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 18:1 These verses make very good reading. They present the one ray of light in a story which, from this point on, becomes more and more som...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here, in the account of Jonathan and David, begins one of the most perfect stories of love and friendship in the world. The story is all the more beautiful because of its dark background. Love is in i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. Ver. 2. _Saul took him that day._] According as Samuel had foretold, 1Sa 8:11-12 and for a step to the kingdom, wh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Saul took him that day_ By which it appears, that, before this, David had not had his constant residence at court, after he first came thither, but went home to his father when Saul was well, and had...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ionathan loueth Dauid. 5 Saul enuieth his praise, 10 Seeketh to kill him in his furie, 12 Feareth him for his good successe, 17 Offereth him his daughters for a snare. 22 Dauid perswaded to be...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Jonathan, the son of Saul stands in refreshing contrast to his father. He was present when David returned to Saul. Doubtless David's victory had attracted Jonathan, but David's words decide him. When...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 parta...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    By which it appears, that beforetime David had not his constant residence at court, but did return to his father's house, and thence again to the court, as occasion required....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 18:2 Saul H7586 took H3947 (H8799) day H3117 let H5414 (H8804) home H7725 (H8800) fathers...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JONATHAN'S COMRADELY LOVE FOR DAVID (1 SAMUEL 18:1). Verse 1 follows directly on after 1 Samuel 17, taking up where that chapter left off, so that what follows is to be seen in its light. And the firs...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Love covenant of Jonathan and David. Saul's jealousy and attempts on David's life. Saul's daughter given to David. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, Merab, Michal, Adriel. CONCLUSION:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 18:4. _Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David._ This was the highest mark of favour he could show him, and it is still esteemed as such in the oriental...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David._ THE STORY OF A GREAT LOVE True Christianity consists in devotion to a Person, not in the acceptance of a series of doctrines or theories, nor e...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:2 Saul TOOK David into his service and WOULD NOT LET HIM RETURN TO HIS FATHER’S HOUSE. This was an example of the “ways of the king” that Samuel had warned of (“he will ta...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 18:1. “THE SOUL OF JONATHAN WAS KNIT,” literally, “chained itself.” (_Kiel)_. “In almost all languages friendship is considered as a union of souls bound togeth...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID (CHS. 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN (CHS. 18-20). EXPOSITION JONATHAN LOVES DAVID ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now when it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan [Saul's son was just sort of] knit with the soul of David, Jonathan loved him as himself (1 Samuel 18:1...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 17:15...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Took him, &c. — By which it appears, that before this David had not his constant residence at court....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Were David and Jonathan homosexuals? PROBLEM: This Scripture records the intense love David and Jonathan had for each other. Some see this as an indication that they were homosexual. They infer this f...

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