1 Samuel 16:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

1 Samuel 16:21 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 41:46
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Psalms 118:9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-23)

We have here Saul falling and David rising. I. Here is Saul made a terror to himself (1 Sam. 16:14): The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. He having forsaken God and his duty, God, in a way of righteous judgment, withdrew from him those assistances of the good Spirit with which he was directed, animated, and encouraged in his government and wars. He lost all his good qualities. This was the ef…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. David came to Saul--Providence thus prepared David for his destiny, by placing him in a way to become acquainted with the manners of the court, the business of government, and the general state of the kingdom. became his armour-bearer--This choice, as being an expression of the king’s partiality, shows how honorable the office was held to be.