1 Samuel 17:28

Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”

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In The King James Version

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

In Context

27Then the people repeated to him the same words, saying, “These things shall be given to the man who will have struck him down.”

29And David said: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.

Genesis 37:11Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.

1 Samuel 16:13Therefore, Samuel took the horn of oil, and he anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord was guiding David from that day and thereafter. And Samuel rose up, and he went away to Ramah.

Psalms 35:11Extend your mercy before those who know you, and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.

Proverbs 27:4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?

Matthew 10:36And the enemies of a man will be those of his own household.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →

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