13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
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Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, …
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. …
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-30)Saul had now, in effect, proclaimed war with David. He began in open hostility when he threw the javelin at him. Now we are here told how his enmity proceeded, and how David received the attacks of it. I. See how Saul expressed his malice against David. 1. He was afraid of him , 1 Sam. 18:12. Perhaps he pretended to be afraid that David would do himself mischief, to force his way to the crown. Tho…
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