1 Samuel 16:21-23; 1 Samuel 17:15
1 Samuel 17:1 to 1 Samuel 18:5 . David and Goliath (E, with additione by R). In this section two narratives seem to have been interwoven. For th...
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. Saul would let him go no more home. He was established a...
The Love of Jonathan for David 1 Samuel 18:6-30 of this chapter seem to be connected with 1 Samuel 16:14-23 and not to be taken from the same...
CHAPTER XXV. SAUL'S JEALOUS-DAVID'S MARRIAGE. 1 Samuel 18:1-30 . THE conqueror of Goliath had been promised, as his reward, the eldest daughte...
a Loyal Friend and a Jealous Enemy 1 Samuel 17:55-58 ; 1 Samuel 18:1-9 These verses make very good reading. They present the one ray of light...
Here, in the account of Jonathan and David, begins one of the most perfect stories of love and friendship in the world. The story is all the more bea...
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, o...
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. Ver. 2. Saul took him that day. ] According as Samuel had for...
Saul took him that day By which it appears, that, before this, David had not had his constant residence at court, after he first came thither, but...
Jonathan, the son of Saul stands in refreshing contrast to his father. He was present when David returned to Saul. Doubtless David's victory had attr...
Jonathan's Love to David. B. C. 1060. ...
By which it appears, that beforetime David had not his constant residence at court, but did return to his father's house, and thence again to the cou...
Jonathan's Comradely Love For David ( 1 Samuel 18:1-4 ). Verse 1 follows directly on after 1 Samuel 17 , taking up where that chapter left off, s...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 18:1 . “The soul of Jonathan was knit,” literally, “chained itself.” ( Kiel) . “In almost all languages...
1 Samuel 18:4 . Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David. This was the highest mark of favour he could show h...
The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David. The story of a great love True Christianity consists in devotion to a Person, not in the...
PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID ( CHS . 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN ( CHS . 18-20). EXPOSITION JONATHA...
Saul's Regard Changes to Hatred
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house; he was now permanently in the king's service, and could no more,...
Took him, &c. — By which it appears, that before this David had not his constant residence at court.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.