2And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)David was anointed to the crown to take it out of Saul’s hand, and over Jonathan’s head, and yet here we find, I. That Saul, who was now in possession of the crown, reposed a confidence in him, God so ordering it, that he might by his preferment at court be prepared for future service. Saul now took David home with him, and would not suffer him to return again to his retirement, 1 Sam. 18:2. And D…
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