28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-30)Forty days the two armies lay encamped facing one another, each advantageously posted, but neither forward to engage. Either they were parleying and treating of an accommodation or they were waiting for recruits; and perhaps there were frequent skirmishes between small detached parties. All this while, twice a day, morning and evening, did the insulting champion appear in the field and repeat his…
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