1 Samuel 18:12
And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
In Context
11And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
Cross References
Judges 16:20And she said: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind: I will go out as I did before, and shake myself, not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.
1 Samuel 16:4Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable?
1 Samuel 16:14But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.
1 Samuel 18:15And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually.
1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou disturbed my rest, that I should be brought up? And Saul said, I am in great distress: for the Philistines fight against me, and God is departed from me, and would not hear me, neither by the hand of prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest shew me what I shall do.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:7-12
David Honoured by the People; Saul Troubled with an Evil Spirit. ( b. c. 1060.) 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,… Read the whole commentary →