1 Samuel 18:14
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely,.... So that he could get no advantage against him, and he succeeded and was prosperous in all his enterprises, and was more and more in…
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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