1 Samuel 18:12
And Saul was alarmed on account of David.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 16:20And Delilah said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him.
1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethlehem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?
1 Samuel 16:14And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
1 Samuel 18:15And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him.
1 Samuel 18:29And he was yet more afraid of David.
1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell 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 →