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John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 18:9

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

Ver. 9. And Saul eyed David.] Limis intuebatur, he looked upon him with an evil eye: prying into all his actions, and making the worst of everything.

From that day and forward.] Discovering that lernam vitiorum, world of wickedness, that was in his own heart. Sooner or later a hypocrite will show himself; how else should his name rot?

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