1 Samuel 18:12
So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
Berean Standard Bible
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 he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
Cross References
Judges 16:20Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
1 Samuel 16:4So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
1 Samuel 16:14After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
1 Samuel 18:15When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
1 Samuel 18:29he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
1 Samuel 28:15Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to 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 →