1 Samuel 18:13
So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him a commander of a thousand. In this way David went out and came in before the people.
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12Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, but was no longer with Saul.
14David was prospering in all his ways, for Yahweh was with him.
Cross References
Numbers 27:16“May you, Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all humanity, appoint a man over the community,
1 Samuel 18:16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Listen now, people of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
Psalms 121:8Yahweh will protect you in all you do 1 now and forevermore.
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 →