1 Samuel 18:29 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 18:29

he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

BSB

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ASV

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.

KJV

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David,.... Because the Lord was with him, and his wife loved him; so that he feared he should never be able to accomplish his designs, and that this marriage, which he intended as the means of his ruin, would pave the way for his ascending the throne: and Saul became David's enemy continually; was every day giving fresh evidence of his enmity against him; before it was by fits, and at certain times, there were some intervals; but now enmity was rooted and habituated, and was constant and continually showing itself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Men think the way to be feared is to hector and threaten, which makes them feared by fools only, but despised by the wise and good; whereas the way to be both feared and loved, feared by those to whom we would wish to be a terror and loved by those to whom we would wish to be a delight, is to behave ourselves wisely.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Saul was yet the more afraid of David--because Providence had visibly favored him, by not only defeating the conspiracy against his life, but through his royal alliance paving his way to the throne.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אסֶף	vai.Yo.sef	and he increased	H3254 →
שָׁא֗וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
לֵרֹ֛א	le.Ro'	to be afraid	H3372 →
מִפְּנֵ֥י	mi.pe.Nei	of <the face of>	H6440 →
דָוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
ע֑וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
וַיְהִ֥י	vay.Hi	and he was	H1961 →
שָׁא֛וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֹיֵ֥ב	'o.Yev	an enemy	H341 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃ ס	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →

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

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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
James 2:19
You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
leads to
- Luke 4:34
  “Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Mark 1:24
  “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Matthew 8:29
  “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
- Acts 16:17
  This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
- Deuteronomy 6:4
  Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Through
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
leads to
- 1 John 3:12
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
  I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Through
1 Samuel 18:12
So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 18:15
  When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel