1 Samuel 18:29

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.

In Context

28And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David prospered more than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering;

1 Samuel 18:15And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him.

Ecclesiastes 4:4Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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 →

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