1 Samuel 18:2
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
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1 5. This section also is not found in the Septuagint (B).