And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
Parallel translations
- WEB Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
- BSB he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
- NKJV and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David’s enemy continually.
- NASB then Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.
- NLT Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.
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Saul grows even more afraid of David and becomes his continual enemy.
Overview
Fear of a rival drives Saul into settled, lifelong hostility toward David. His envy, first kindled by the women's song, has now hardened into permanent enmity. This sustained persecution of the righteous foreshadows the lot of God's faithful, and ultimately of Christ, who was hated without cause; it also begins David's long training in trusting God amid opposition.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Eccl 4:4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- 1 Jn 3:12–15Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- Gen 4:4–8And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
- 1 Sam 18:15Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
- Ps 37:12–14The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
- 1 Sam 18:12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
- Jas 2:19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
- John 11:53Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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