2 From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.
2 Saul received David into his own household that day, no more to return to the home of his father.
2 Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father's house anymore.
2 From that day on Saul kept David with him and wouldn't let him return home.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:2
Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:1-5
(Read 1 Samuel 18:1-5)
The friendship of David and Jonathan was the effect of Divine grace, which produces in true believers one heart and one soul, and causes them to love each other. This union of souls is from partaking in the Spirit of Christ. Where God unites hearts, carnal matters are too weak to separate them. Those who love Christ as their own souls, will be willing to join themselves to him in an everlasting covenant. It was certainly a great proof of the power of God's grace in David, that he was able to bear all this respect and honour, without being lifted up above measure.