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1 Samuel 18:11-12

And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

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See also 1 Samuel 18:11-12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 18:11. _SAUL CAST THE JAVELIN_] The _javelin_ or _spear_ was the emblem of regal authority; kings always had it at hand, and in ancient monuments they are always represented with it....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. JONATHAN AND DAVID--SAUL'S JEALOUSY CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Jonathan's love for David (1 Samuel 18:1)_ 2. The beginning of Saul's jealousy (1 Samuel 18:5) 3. David's marriage (1 Samuel 18:17)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Samuel 18:10 to 1 Samuel 19:17. SAUL'S PLOTS AGAINST DAVID. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 1 Samuel 18:10 f. (R). Saul makes an unsuccessful attempt to kill David. A premature duplicate of...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CAST THE JAVELIN. Another attempt of Satan to thwart Jehovah's purpose in Genesis 3:15, and prevent the "seed of the woman "from coming into the world. See App-23 and App-25, and the Structure of "V...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Saul cast the javelin; for he said_ Probably; SAUL LIFTED (or BRANDISHED) THE SPEAR, AND SAID. It does not seem to be meant that he actually cast it, as he did upon the later occasion (1 Samuel 19:10...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Saul's attempt to murder David 10, 11. The last sentence of 1 Samuel 18:8 and 1 Samuel 18:10 are not found in the Sept. (B). The narrative certainly gains by their omission, and describes the gradual...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David Driven Out of Saul's Court._ 1 Samuel 18:10-16 10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    18:11 thought, (d-7) Lit. 'said;' so ver. 17; ch. 20.3,26. wall. (e-14) That is 'transfix him to the wall.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LOVE OF JONATHAN FOR DAVID 1 Samuel 18:6 of this chapter seem to be connected with 1 Samuel 16:14 and not to be taken from the same document as 1 Samuel 17:1 to...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 18 V1 David finished talking with Saul. Jonathan, Saul’s son, became a very close friend with David. Jonathan loved David as much as he loved...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND SAUL CAST THE JAVELIN. — The Alexandrian MS. of the LXX. and the Chaldee Version translate the Hebrew here “lifted the javelin.” The probable meaning of the verb in this place is “brandished,” or...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֤טֶל שָׁאוּל֙ אֶֽת ־הַ חֲנִ֔ית וַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXV. _ SAUL'S JEALOUS-DAVID'S MARRIAGE._ 1 Samuel 18:1. THE conqueror of Goliath had been promised, as his reward, the eldest daughter of the king in marriage. The fulfillment of that promis...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PROTECTED FROM DASTARDLY ASSAULTS 1 Samuel 18:10 The Lord was evidently with David. Mark how the sacred chronicle keeps this fact in view, 1 Samuel 18:12; 1 Samuel 18:14;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here, in the account of Jonathan and David, begins one of the most perfect stories of love and friendship in the world. The story is all the more beautiful because of its dark background. Love is in i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SAUL CAST THE JAVELIN,.... Out of his hand at David: FOR HE SAID; in his heart, determining in his mind: I WILL SMITE DAVID EVEN TO THE WALL [WITH IT]; he determined to cast it with such force a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall [with it]. And David avoided out of his presence twice._ Ver. 11. _And Saul cast the javelin._] At David to kill him, whom...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _On the morrow the evil spirit from God_ Which had formerly troubled him, producing melancholy, (1 Samuel 16:14,) was brought again upon him. The very next day after he conceived envy at David, discon...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ionathan loueth Dauid. 5 Saul enuieth his praise, 10 Seeketh to kill him in his furie, 12 Feareth him for his good successe, 17 Offereth him his daughters for a snare. 22 Dauid perswaded to be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Saul cast the javelin, made a lunge at him; FOR HE SAID, I WILL SMITE DAVID EVEN TO THE WALL WITH IT, pass it through David into the wall. AND DAVID AVOIDED OUT OF HIS PRESENCE TWICE, he dodged th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Saul's Regard Changes to Hatred...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Jonathan, the son of Saul stands in refreshing contrast to his father. He was present when David returned to Saul. Doubtless David's victory had attracted Jonathan, but David's words decide him. When...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-11 David's troubles not only immediately follow his triumphs, but arise from them; such is the vanity of that which seems greatest in this world. It is a sign that the Spirit of God is departed fro...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Once at this time, and another time upon a like occasion, 1 SAMUEL 19:10....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 18:11 Saul H7586 cast H2904 (H8686) spear H2595 said H559 (H8799) pin H5221 (H8686) David...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AS A RESULT OF HIS ILLNESS SAUL TRIES TO HARM DAVID AND DISMISSES HIM FROM HIS PERSONAL ENTOURAGE, BUT DAVID PROSPERS ALL THE MORE (1 SAMUEL 18:10). The fact that what follows is stated to have been...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Love covenant of Jonathan and David. Saul's jealousy and attempts on David's life. Saul's daughter given to David. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, Merab, Michal, Adriel. CONCLUSION:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And David played with his hand as at other times, and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand._ HARP AND JAVELIN What a contrast! David with a harp and enraged Saul with a javelin. Who would not rather p...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Saul eyed David from that day and forward._ DAVID’S ENEMY-SAUL It is the enmity of Saul which we are to consider--its beginning, its rapid growth, its deadly purpose. The excitement of the war b...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:6 As David’s success increases, Saul’s jealousy also increases. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 un...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID (CHS. 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN (CHS. 18-20). EXPOSITION JONATHAN LOVES DAVID ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now 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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 19:10; 1 Samuel 19:9; 1 Samuel 20:33; Isaiah 54:17; John 10:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Saul cast the javelin — Being now quite under the power of that evil spirit. Twice — Once now, and another time upon a like occasion, 1 Samuel 19:10....

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