1 Samuel 18:2

2 Ce même jour Saül retint David, et ne le laissa pas retourner dans la maison de son père.

1 Samuel 18:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:2

And Saul took him that day
Not only into his favour, and into his service, but into his court; even on that very day he slew the Philistine, or however as soon as it could be done:

and would let him go no more home to his father's house;
as he used to do before; when he only served as a musician to him, then he was only at court when Saul was in a melancholy disposition, and wanted him, and so was going and returning, and in the intervals kept his father's sheep, ( 1 Samuel 17:15 ) ; but now he would not suffer him to attend such business any longer, since he was not only to become a courtier, and be made a prince or noble, but to marry his daughter, according to the declaration he had made, with respect to any man that should kill Goliath.

1 Samuel 18:2 In-Context

1 David avait achevé de parler à Saül. Et dès lors l'âme de Jonathan fut attachée à l'âme de David, et Jonathan l'aima comme son âme.

2 Ce même jour Saül retint David, et ne le laissa pas retourner dans la maison de son père.

3 Jonathan fit alliance avec David, parce qu'il l'aimait comme son âme.

4 Il ôta le manteau qu'il portait, pour le donner à David; et il lui donna ses vêtements, même son épée, son arc et sa ceinture.

5 David allait et réussissait partout où l'envoyait Saül; il fut mis par Saül à la tête des gens de guerre, et il plaisait à tout le peuple, même aux serviteurs de Saül.