And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
the soul of Jonathan The modesty, piety, and courage of David were so congenial to the character of the amiable Jonathan, they attracted his most cordial esteem and affection; so that the most intimate friend- ship subsisted between them from that time, and they loved each other with pure hearts fervently. Their friendship could not be affected by the common vicissitudes of life; and it exemplifies by fact what the ancients have written on the subject; (), `Friendship is an entire sameness, and one soul: a friend is another self.'
1 Samuel 14:1-14,45 Now it came to pass on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said …
Genesis 44:30 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the lad …
Judges 20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together …
1 Chronicles 12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If …
Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart …
Colossians 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, …
loved him
2 Samuel 18:3 But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, …
2 Samuel 19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people…
2 Samuel 20:17 And when he was come near to her, the woman said, Are you Joab? …
Deuteronomy 13:6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, …
2 Samuel 1:26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have …
Proverbs 18:24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a …
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
And 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.
stripped himself Presents of clothes or rich robes, as tokens of respect or friend- ship, are frequent in the East.
Genesis 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's …
Esther 6:8,9 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and …
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my …
Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and …
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might …
Philippians 2:7,8 But made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a …
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.
behaved. or, prospered
1 Samuel 18:14,15,30 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him…
Genesis 39:2,3,23 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he …
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …
Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor …
wisely
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
Ephesians 5:17 Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
the men of war
1 Samuel 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand …
1 Samuel 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: …
And 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.
Philistine. or, Philistines
the women
Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand…
Judges 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter …
Psalm 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; …
Jeremiah 31:11-13 For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of …
instruments of music [heb] three stringed instruments. The origi- nal shalishim, is rendered by the Vulgate sistris. The sistrum was an ancient Egyptian instrument made of brass, with three, and sometimes more brass rods across; which, being loose in their holes, made a jingling noise when shaken.
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
the saying
Esther 3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, …
Proverbs 13:10 Only by pride comes contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this …
James 4:5 Do you think that the scripture said in vain, The spirit that dwells …
displeased him [heb] was evil in his eyes
Numbers 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD …
Numbers 22:34 And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew …
and what
1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought him …
1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has rent the kingdom of Israel from …
1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle …
1 Samuel 20:31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not …
1 Kings 2:22 And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you …
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
eyed David
Genesis 4:5,6 But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was …
Genesis 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not …
Matthew 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye …
Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil …
Ephesians 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brothers, lest you be condemned: …
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
the evil spirit
1 Samuel 16:14,15 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit …
1 Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was on Saul, as he sat in his house …
1 Samuel 26:19 Now therefore, I pray you, let my lord the king hear the words of …
and he prophesied. Wyyithnabbai, rather, `and he pretended to prophesy; for the verb is in Hithpael, the signification of which conjugation is not only reflex action, but also affectation of the action:
Jeremiah 29:26,27 The LORD has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, …
The meaning seems to be, that Saul, influenced by the evil spirit, feigned to be prophesying, the better to conceal his murderous intentions, and to render David unsuspicious.
1 Samuel 19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel …
1 Kings 18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until …
1 Kings 22:12,20-23 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, …
Jeremiah 28:2-4,11 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have …
Zechariah 13:2-5 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that …
Acts 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed …
2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they …
played
1 Samuel 16:16 Let our lord now command your servants, which are before you, to …
and there was Wehachanith beyad Shaool, rather, `and the javelin was in the hand of Saul;' for the javelin or spear was the emblem of regal authority; and kings had it always in their hand, as may be seen represented on ancient instruments. In ancient times, says Justin, kings used a spear instead of a sceptre.
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
afraid
1 Samuel 18:15,20,29 Why when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him…
1 Samuel 16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. …
Psalm 48:3-6 God is known in her palaces for a refuge…
Psalm 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered …
Mark 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, …
Luke 8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about …
Acts 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to …
the Lord
1 Samuel 16:13,18 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle …
1 Samuel 22:13 And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and …
Acts 7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but …
departed
1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit …
1 Samuel 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me …
Psalm 51:11 Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy spirit from me.
Hosea 9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that …
Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, …
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
removed
1 Samuel 18:17,25 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will …
1 Samuel 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over …
1 Samuel 22:7 Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites…
he went out
1 Samuel 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came …
Numbers 27:16,17 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over …
2 Samuel 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led …
Psalm 121:8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this …
Saul was sensible that the Lord was departed from him; while he perceived, with evident sorrow of heart, that the Lord had given David peculiar wisdom, and that he was with him to prosper all his undertakings. This increased the disquietude of his malevolent mind, and his dread of David as a prevailing rival: he therefore removed him from his presence. This impolitic step, however, served the more to ingratiate David with the people, by affording him the opportunity of leading them forth to victory over their enemies.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
behaved. or, prospered
1 Samuel 18:5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: …
the Lord
1 Samuel 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do as occasion …
1 Samuel 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen …
Genesis 39:2,3,23 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he …
Joshua 6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, …
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: …
Acts 18:10 For I am with you, and no man shall set on you to hurt you: for I …
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
her will I give
1 Samuel 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that is come up? …
Psalm 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips …
Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in …
valiant [heb] a son of valour
the Lord's
1 Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword …
1 Samuel 25:28 I pray you, forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will …
Numbers 32:20,27,29 And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go …
Let not mine
1 Samuel 18:21,25 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, …
Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, …
2 Samuel 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set you Uriah in the forefront …
2 Samuel 12:9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in …
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
Who am I
1 Samuel 18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well …
1 Samuel 9:21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest …
Exodus 3:11 And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and …
Ruth 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said …
2 Samuel 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who …
Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.
Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
a snare
Exodus 10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a …
Psalm 7:14-16 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and …
Psalm 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that …
Proverbs 26:24-26 He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him…
Proverbs 29:5 A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that …
Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks …
the hand
1 Samuel 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will …
1 Samuel 19:11,12 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to …
this day
1 Samuel 18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well …
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
On this manner [heb] According to these words
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
dowry
Genesis 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for …
Genesis 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as …
Exodus 22:16,17 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, …
but an hundred That is, Thou shalt slay one hundred Philistines, and thou shalt produce their foreskins as a proof, not only that thou hast killed one hundred men, but that these are of the uncircumcised Philistines.
foreskins
1 Samuel 17:26,36 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall …
Genesis 17:11-14 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall …
Joshua 5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of …
to be avenged
1 Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured …
thought
1 Samuel 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will …
2 Samuel 17:8-11 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they be …
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
1 Samuel 24:20 And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that …
1 Samuel 26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall …
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry…
Genesis 37:8-11 And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? or …
Genesis 39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD …
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they …
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
yet the
1 Samuel 18:12,15 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and …
Psalm 37:12-14 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth…
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this …
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, …
Saul became
Genesis 4:4-8 And Abel, he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the …
John 11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
1 John 3:12-15 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And …
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
the princes Of this war we know no more than that David, whose military skill was greater, was more successful in it, than all the other officers of Saul.
went forth
2 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when …
behaved himself
1 Samuel 18:5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: …
Psalm 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies …
Daniel 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired …
Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries …
Ephesians 5:15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
set by [heb] precious
1 Samuel 2:30 Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and …
1 Samuel 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no …
2 Kings 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And …
Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
1 Peter 2:4,7 To whom coming, as to a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but …
