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- 1 Samuel
- Chapter 18
- Verse 9
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. Instead of looking pleasantly, and with a smile, upon him, as a courtier and favourite, he was justly entitled to by his gallant behaviour, he looked at…
Now begin David's troubles, and they not only tread on the heels of his triumphs, but take rise from them, such is the vanity of that in this world which seems greatest.
I. He was too much magnified…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Saul eyed David With a suspicious jealousy which soon ripened into a deadly hatred. There is no need to suppose that David's anointing by Samuel had been reported to him. "The prophet had distinctly…
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