1 Samuel 18:5
Also, David went out to do everything whatsoever that Saul sent him to do, and he conducted himself prudently. And Saul set him over men of war. And he was acceptable in the eyes of the entire people, and most of all in the sight of the servants of Saul.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 39:2And the Lord was with him, and he was a man who prospered in everything that he did. And he lived in the house of his lord,
Judges 1:19And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
1 Samuel 13:2And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and at mount Bethel. Then one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the remainder of the people, he sent back, each one to his own tent.
1 Samuel 18:14Also, David acted prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
2 Samuel 5:10And he advanced, prospering and increasing, and the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.
Psalms 1:3And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:2-6
Jonathan's Love to David. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and… Read the whole commentary →