1 Samuel 21:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:12 —

Old words in this verse

sore: — greatly, very (as in "sore afraid").

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
Psalms 34:4
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Topics

Abimelech Achish Gath Gittite Philistines Sin

Commentary

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

(vv. 10-15)

David, though king elect, is here an exile—designed to be master of vast treasures, yet just now begging his bread—anointed to the crown, and yet here forced to flee from his country. Thus do God’s providences sometimes seem to run counter to his promises, for the trial of his people’s faith, and the glorifying of his name, in the accomplishment of his counsels, notwithstanding the difficulties th…