1 Samuel 17:28
Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men,—then was kindled the anger of Eliab against David, and he said—Wherefore is it that thou hast come down? and to whom hast thou entrusted those few sheep in the wilderness? I, know thy pride, and the foolishness of thy heart, for, to see the battle, hast thou come down.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
29And David said, What have I done, now? Was there not, a cause?
Cross References
Genesis 37:4So his brethren saw that their father loved him, more than any of his brethren, and they hated him, and could not bid him prosper,
Genesis 37:11Then were his brethren jealous of him, but his father, marked the word.
1 Samuel 16:13And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David, from that day forward. Then arose Samuel, and went his way unto Ramah.
Psalms 35:11There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:
Proverbs 27:4The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?
Matthew 10:36And, a man foes, are, they of his own house.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31
David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →