The Meaning of 1 Samuel 18:2 Explained

1 Samuel 18:2

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

YLT: And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 18:2?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 18:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Samuel 18:2 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 18:1-9 - A Loyal Friend And A Jealous Enemy

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 somber. David's bearing in the hour of victory was so modest and unaffected that Jonathan's heart leaped out to greet him as a kindred soul; while his advances awoke in David a love almost womanly in its tenderness. When we see Jonathan arraying his newfound friend in his own raiment, we are reminded of our Lord's great exchange with us. He was made sin, that we might become the righteousness of God in him, 2 Corinthians 5:21.

David's harp was now, for the most part, exchanged for the sword, and he became a popular hero. It was the refrain of the women's ode of victory that opened Saul's soul to the envenomed dart of jealousy. The milk of human kindness suddenly turned sour. "He eyed David from that day," not with affectionate admiration, but always with desire to place a malicious construction on every act and word and look. With terrible accuracy James shows the certain progress and development of such an attitude, James 1:14-15. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 18

¹ Jonathan befriends David
⁵ Saul envies his praise
¹⁰ seeks to kill him in his fury
¹² fears him for his good success
¹⁷ offers him his daughters for snare
²³ David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law,
²⁵ gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry
²⁸ Saul's hatred and David's glory increase

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 18:2 mean?

And took him Saul day that and not anymore would let him go home to house of his father

וַיִּקָּחֵ֥הוּ שָׁא֖וּל בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וְלֹ֣א נְתָנ֔וֹ לָשׁ֖וּב בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיו

וַיִּקָּחֵ֥הוּ	And took him
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
שָׁא֖וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
בַּיּ֣וֹם	day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֑וּא	that
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
וְלֹ֣א	and not anymore
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
נְתָנ֔וֹ	would let him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
לָשׁ֖וּב	go home
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
בֵּ֥ית	to house
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
אָבִֽיו	of his father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.

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