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1 Samuel 18:5 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 18 · verse 5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.1 Samuel 18:5 · King James Version
1 Samuel 18:5 in context
3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
6And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- acceptedyâṭabto be make well, literally or figurativelyH3190 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- wiselysâkalto be circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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David was anointed to the crown to take it out of Saul's hand, and over Jonathan's head, and yet here we find, I. That Saul, who was now in possession of the crown, reposed a confidence in him, God so ordering it, that he might by his preferment at court be prepared for future service.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5