Verse 2
1 Samuel 18:2
New Living Translation
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From that day on Saul kept David with him and wouldn’t let him return home.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקָּחֵ֥/הוּ שָׁא֖וּל בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֑וּא וְ/לֹ֣א נְתָנ֔/וֹ לָ/שׁ֖וּב בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽי/ו
English Translation
And Saul took him that day and did not allow him to return to his father's house.
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Chapter 18 Context
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After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king’s son. There was an immediate...
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From that day on Saul kept David with him and wouldn’t let him return home.
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And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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Jonathan sealed the pact by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, swo...
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Whatever Saul asked David to do, David did it successfully. So Saul made him a commander over the me...
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When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women f...
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This was their song: “Saul has killed his thousands,<br>and David his ten thousands!”<br>
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This made Saul very angry. “What’s this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with...
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So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
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The very next day a tormenting spirit from God (Elohim) overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in hi...
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and he suddenly hurled it at David, intending to pin him to the wall. But David escaped him twice.
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Saul was then afraid of David, for the LORD was with David and had turned away from Saul.
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Finally, Saul sent him away and appointed him commander over 1,000 men, and David faithfully led his...
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David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the LORD was with him.
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When Saul recognized this, he became even more afraid of him.
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But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.
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One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But firs...
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“Who am I, and what is my family in Israel that I should be the king’s son-in-law?” David exclaimed....
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So when the time came for Saul to give his daughter Merab in marriage to David, he gave her instead...
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In the meantime, Saul’s daughter Michal had fallen in love with David, and Saul was delighted when h...
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“Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he...
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Then Saul told his men to say to David, “The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don’t you acce...
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When Saul’s men said these things to David, he replied, “How can a poor man from a humble family aff...
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When Saul’s men reported this back to the king,
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he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance...
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David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired,
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he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king’s requirement by p...
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When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him,
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Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.
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Every time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than a...
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