1 Samuel 18:7 NASB,NASB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 18:5-30

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—1 Samuel 18:5. “David went out.” “That this refers to war and not to general business is plain, not only from the following account, which mentions not only military undertakings for Saul, but also from the statement of the position of general which he received in consequence of his success.” (Erdmann).1 Samuel 18:6. “When David was returned.” “The as they came refers to the return of the whole army from the happily-ended war (comp. 1 Samuel 17:53); at the same... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 18:7-8

1 Samuel 18:7-8 This incident teaches three things respecting good and bad men. I. The wicked are often jealous of a good man's popularity. Saul's behaviour to David reveals the progress of jealousy in four stages, (1) There is anger. (2) There is envy. (3) There is madness. (4) There is murder. Jealousy is a foolish, a wicked and a dangerous passion. II. The wicked are often terrified by a good man's security. Saul's fear led to the adoption of the most desperate means to ruin David. (1) Saul... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 18:1-30

Chapter 18Now when it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan [Saul's son was just sort of] knit with the soul of David, Jonathan loved him as himself ( 1 Samuel 18:1 ).Actually there became a bond between Saul's son Jonathan and David. They were really sort of two of a kind. They were both of them, very adventuresome. They were both of them very daring. Both of them with great confidence in God, great love for the Lord.It was Jonathan, you remember... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 18:1-30

1 Samuel 18:4 . Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David. This was the highest mark of favour he could show him, and it is still esteemed as such in the oriental courts. Travenier’s Travels. 1 Samuel 18:6 . Instruments of music. Hebrews שׁלשׁים shalashim, as in the margin, three stringed instruments, sistrums, or pandrums touched with the fingers, as among the Spaniards: but the Chaldee and the LXX read cymbals. 1 Samuel 18:7 . Saul hath slain... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 18:7

1Sa 18:7 And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. Ver. 7. Saul hath slain his thousands, &c., ] q.d., Saul is to be commended, but David ten times more. This praise of the women given to David flew far and near, 1 Samuel 21:11 ; 1Sa 29:5 and was the rise of all his following troubles: likeas in the gospel, he whom our Saviour cured, - and in addition charged him to say nothing, - when he divulged the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 18:7

answered: Exodus 15:21, Psalms 24:7, Psalms 24:8 Saul: 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 29:5 Reciprocal: Judges 11:34 - his daughter 1 Samuel 14:49 - name of the firstborn Psalms 62:9 - Surely Psalms 75:3 - I bear Proverbs 27:21 - so Jeremiah 31:4 - again Daniel 3:12 - certain Matthew 27:18 - he read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 18:7

7. Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands A neat poetic parallelism. The enthusiastic throng intimate, in an exultant hour, that David’s triumph is of more importance than all Saul’s victories. read more