1 Samuel 18:5
And David went out withersoever Saul sent him, and + 18:5 Gr. understood or was wise. acted wisely, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.
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Genesis 39:2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian.
Judges 1:19And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for + 1:19 Heb. they had chariots of iron. Rechab prevented them.
1 Samuel 18:14And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
2 Samuel 5:10And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty was with him.
Psalms 1:3And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:2-6
Jonathan's Love to David. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and… Read the whole commentary →