1 Samuel 18:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 Dauid also went, but hee returned from Saul to feede his fathers sheepe in Beth-lehem.
  • 1 Sam 16:21-23 : 21 And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: for he hath found fauour in my sight. 23 And so when the euil spirite of God came vpon Saul, Dauid tooke an harpe and plaied with his hande, and Saul was refreshed, and was eased: for the euill spirit departed from him.

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  • 1 Sam 18:1
    82%

    1And when he had made an ende of speaking vnto Saul, the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, & Ionathan loued him, as his owne soule.

  • 1 Sam 18:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.

    4And Ionathan put off the robe that was vpon him, & gaue it Dauid, & his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

  • 1 Sam 19:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1Then Saul spake to Ionathan his sonne, and to all his seruantes, that they shoulde kill Dauid: but Ionathan Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid.

    2And Ionathan told Dauid, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: nowe therefore, I pray thee, take heede vnto thy selfe vnto the morning, & abide in a secret place, & hide thy selfe.

    3And I will go out, and stand by my father in the fielde where thou art, and will commune with my father of thee, & I will see what he sayth, and will tell thee.

    4And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father, & said vnto him, Let not the King sinne against his seruat, against Dauid: for he hath not sinned against thee, but his works haue bene to thee very good.

  • 1 Sam 23:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17And said vnto him, Feare not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee, and thou shalt be King ouer Israel, & I shalbe next vnto thee: and also Saul my father knoweth it.

    18So they twaine made a couenant before ye Lorde: and Dauid did remaine in the wood: but Ionathan went to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:26-29
    4 verses
    76%

    26And Saul sayde nothing that day: for hee thought, Some thing hath befallen him, though he were cleane, or els because he was not purified.

    27But on the morowe which was the second day of the moneth, Dauids place was emptie againe: and Saul sayde vnto Ionathan his sonne, Wherefore commeth not the sonne of Ishai to meate, neither yesterday nor to day?

    28And Ionathan answered vnto Saul, Dauid required of me, that he might goe to Beth-lehem.

    29For he sayde, Let me goe, I pray thee: for our familie offreth a sacrifice in the citie, & my brother hath sent for me: therfore now if I haue found fauour in thine eyes, let me goe, I pray thee, and see my brethren: this is the cause that he commeth not vnto the Kings table.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    75%

    22(24:23) So Dauid sware vnto Saul, and Saul went home: but Dauid & his men went vp vnto ye hold.

  • 1 Sam 19:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6Then Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan, and Saul sware, As the Lorde liueth, he shall not dye.

    7So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.

  • 1 Sam 18:9
    75%

    9Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11And Saul tooke the speare, and sayd, I will smite Dauid through to the wall. But Dauid auoyded twise out of his presence.

    12And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, & was departed from Saul.

    13Therefore Saul put him from him, & made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.

  • 1 Sam 18:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne.

    22And Saul commanded his seruants, Speake with Dauid secretly, & say, Behold, ye King hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in law.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    74%

    1Then on a day Ionathan the sonne of Saul sayde vnto the yong man that bare his armour, Come and let vs goe ouer towarde the Philistims garison, that is yonder on the other side, but he tolde not his father.

  • 1 Sam 14:42
    74%

    42And Saul saide, Cast lot betweene me and Ionathan my sonne; Ionathan was taken.

  • 1 Sam 20:31-35
    5 verses
    73%

    31For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shall surely die.

    32And Ionathan answered vnto Saul his father, and said vnto him, Wherefore shal he die? What hath he done?

    33And Saul cast a speare at him to hit him, whereby Ionathan knew, that it was determined of his father to slay Dauid.

    34So Ionathan arose from the table in a great anger, and did eate no meate the seconde day of the moneth: for he was sorie for Dauid, and because his father had reuiled him.

    35On the next morning therefore Ionathan than went out into the fielde, at the time appoynted with Dauid, and a litle boy with him.

  • 1 Sam 20:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lorde require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.

    17And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule)

  • 1 Sam 18:29
    73%

    29Then Saul was more & more afrayde of Dauid, and Saul became alway Dauids enemie.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    73%

    17Therefore saide Saul vnto the people that were with him, Search nowe and see, who is gone from vs; when they had nombred, beholde, Ionathan and his armour bearer were not there.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    73%

    17Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    73%

    44Againe Saul answered, God doe so & more also, vnlesse thou die the death, Ionathan.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    72%

    46Then Saul came vp from the Philistims: and the Philistims went to their owne place.

  • 1 Sam 20:11
    72%

    11And Ionathan sayde to Dauid, Come and let vs goe out into the fielde: and they twaine went out into the fielde.

  • 1 Sam 13:22
    72%

    22So whe the day of battell was come, there was neither sworde nor speare founde in the handes of any of the people that were with Saul and with Ionathan: but onely with Saul and Ionathan his sonne was there founde.

  • 1 Sam 20:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    41Assoone as the boy was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the South, and fel on his face to the ground, and bowed him selfe three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twaine, till Dauid exceeded.

    42Therefore Ionathan said to Dauid, Goe in peace: that which we haue sworne both of vs in the Name of the Lorde, saying, The Lorde be betweene me and thee, and betweene my seede and betweene thy seede, let it stand for euer. (20:43) And he arose and departed, and Ionathan went into the citie.

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    72%

    13The Lorde doe so and much more vnto Ionathan: but if my father haue minde to doe thee euill, I will shew thee also, and sende thee away, that thou mayest goe in peace: & the Lord be with thee as he hath bene with my father.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    72%

    2And the Philistims preassed sore vpon Saul and his sonnes, and slewe Ionathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua Sauls sonnes.

  • 2 Sam 1:22
    72%

    22The bow of Ionathan neuer turned backe, neither did the sword of Saul returne emptie from the blood of the slaine, and from the fatte of the mightie.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    71%

    7(24:8) So Dauid ouercame his seruants with these words, & suffered them not to arise against Saul: so Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    71%

    12And Dauid went and tooke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne from the citizens of Iabesh Gilead, which had stollen them from the streete of Beth-shan, where the Philistims had hanged them, when the Philistims had slaine Saul in Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    71%

    57And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    71%

    25Then Saul said to Dauid, Blessed art thou, my sonne Dauid: for thou shalt doe great things, and also preuaile. So Dauid went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 18:17
    71%

    17Then Saul sayd to Dauid, Beholde mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will giue thee to wife: onely be a valiant sonne vnto me, & fight the Lordes battels: for Saul thought, Mine hand shal not be vpon him, but the hand of the Philistims shalbe vpon him.

  • 1 Sam 20:9
    71%

    9And Ionathan answered, God keepe that from thee: for if I knewe that wickednesse were concluded of my father to come vpon thee, would not I tell it thee?

  • 1 Sam 14:52
    70%

    52And there was sore warre against the Philistims all the dayes of Saul: and whomsoeuer Saul sawe to be a strong man, and meete for the warre, he tooke him vnto him.