1 Samuel 16:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 16:21

When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

KJV

And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The difficulty of reconciling this verse with 1Sa 17:55-58, is met thus: The words here are the ultimate sequence of David’s first visit to Saul, and of his skill in music, and are therefore placed here; but they did not really come to pass until after David’s victory over Goliath (see 1Sa 18:2). It is quite conceivable that if David had only played once or twice to Saul, and then returned to his father’s house for some months, Saul might not recognize him.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֤א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
דָוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד	vai.ya.'a.Mod	and he stood	H5975 →
לְפָנָ֑יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֣הֽוּ	vai.ye.'e.ha.Ve.hu	and he loved him	H157 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
וַֽיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and he was	H1961 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	of him
נֹשֵׂ֥א	no.Se'	bearer of	H5375 →
כֵלִֽים׃	khe.Lim	armor<s>	H3627 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:28
  Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
- Matthew 25:21
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Proverbs 12:24
  The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Matthew 25:23
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
Through
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
leads to
- Psalms 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Jeremiah 17:5–6
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Isaiah 2:22
  Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?