What does 1 Samuel 17:28-31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
And 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.
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner:g and the people answered him again after the former manner.
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he senth for him.