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1 Samuel 18:16

DavidJudah
Love for others

14 and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

15 When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

18 And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
KJV
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
WEB
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
ASV
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
DARBY
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
BLB
And all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before their faces.
ÅB
Men hele Israel og Juda hadde David kjær; for det var han som dro ut og dro inn foran dem.
OTB
Men hele Israel og Juda elsket David, for han ledet dem i kamp og vendte tilbake foran dem.
B1930
Men hele Israel og Juda hadde David kjær; for det var han som drog ut og drog inn foran dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 18:5

    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:2

    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

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  • 1 Kings 3:7

    And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

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  • Numbers 27:17

    who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

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  • Luke 20:19

    When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

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  • Luke 19:48

    Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

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