And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
WEB
And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return 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.
DBT
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy