1 Samuel 18:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Saul took David that day and would not let him return to his father's house.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.

Common English Bible

² From that point forward, Saul kept David in his service and wouldn’t allow him to return to his father’s household.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And Saul took him that day, and would not permit him to return to his father's house.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.

1 Samuel 18:2 Cross References

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 19:7

So Jonathan called David and related all these things to him. Jonathan then brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.