1 Samuel 18:23
And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said: 'Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:21And Saul answered and said: 'Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?'
Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:13-30
David Marries Saul's Daughter; Saul's Jealousy of David. ( b. c. 1059.) 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out… Read the whole commentary →