1 Samuel 18:12
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore Saul removed him from him,.... From court, partly that he might be out of his sight, having such an hatred of his person that he could not bear to see him, and partly that he might be safer…
Saul had now, in effect, proclaimed war with David. He began in open hostility when he threw the javelin at him. Now we are here told how his enmity proceeded, and how David received the attacks of…
David's advancement
12. In the Sept. (B) this verse follows immediately after the clause of 1Sa 18:18, "to me they have ascribed but thousands," and reads simply, "and Saul was afraid of David."
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