1 Samuel 18:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

1 Samuel 18:29 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, 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 Samuel 18:12
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
John 11:53
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Psalms 37:12-14
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. …
1 Samuel 18:15
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

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Anger Cruelty Envy Hatred Heart Jealousy Malice Murmuring

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. Thos…

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

(vv. 29)

29. Saul was yet the more afraid of David--because Providence had visibly favored him, by not only defeating the conspiracy against his life, but through his royal alliance paving his way to the throne.