King James Version
1 Samuel 18:2 in the King James Version says “And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.”
1 Samuel 18:2 · KJV
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.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“him that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and would let”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“him go no more home”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“to his father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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