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Verse 1 Samuel 18:7. _SAUL HATH SLAIN HIS THOUSANDS_] As it cannot
literally be true that Saul had slain thousands, and David ten
thousands; it would be well to translate the passage thus: _Saul hath...
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AS THEY PLAYED - Or danced with vocal and instrumental music (see
Judges 16:25 note)....
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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)...
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SAUL'S JEALOUSY (J). The victors, as they return, are greeted by the
women with songs and dances; Saul's jealousy is aroused because
David's achievements are spoken of as greater than his....
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_answered one another_ The women who "played" i.e. danced and
gesticulated sang in antiphonal chorus (Exodus 15:21) the refrain of a
popular song, which evidently became widely current, as it was well...
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The celebration of David's victory
6. _And it came to pass_, &c. The narrative has made a digression to
relate the circumstances of David's permanent reception into Saul's
service, the commencement of...
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THE WOMEN CAME OUT—SINGING AND DANCING— See Exodus 1:20. Saul
probably received his first suspicion that _David_ was that _neighbour
of his who was better than himself,_ to whom the Lord, as Samuel ha...
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_Saul's Jealousy of David._ 1 Samuel 18:5-9
5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, _and_ behaved
himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he Was
accepted in the sight of a...
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_AND THE WOMEN ANSWERED ONE ANOTHER AS THEY PLAYED, AND SAID, SAUL
HATH SLAIN HIS THOUSANDS, AND DAVID HIS TEN THOUSANDS._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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PLAYED] lit. 'sported.' The word is used of festive sports and
especially of festal dancing: cp. 1 Chronicles 15:29....
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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...
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וַֽ תַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה הַ נָּשִׁ֥ים הַֽ
מְשַׂחֲקֹ֖ות...
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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...
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A LOYAL FRIEND AND A JEALOUS ENEMY
1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 18:1
These verses make very good reading. They present the one ray of light
in a story which, from this point on, becomes more and more som...
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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...
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_Sung. The chorus of their song is given. (Calmet) --- "The women
sung, Saul slew his thousands; and the virgins answered, And David, "
&c. (Josephus) --- The death of Goliath was equivalent to the
sl...
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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...
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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...
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AND THE WOMEN ANSWERED [ONE ANOTHER] AS THEY PLAYED,.... They sung
vocally to their instruments, and that by turns, one rehearsing one
line or verse in the song, and then the other another:
AND SAID,...
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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 comme...
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_The women came out of all the cities_ All the neighbouring cities.
_And the women answered one another as they played_ They sang, as well
as played on musical instruments. And they sang alternately,...
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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...
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And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath
slain his thousands and David his ten thousands. They not only
performed choral dances, but also alternate dances intended to
int...
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Saul's Regard Changes to Hatred...
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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...
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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...
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ANSWERED ONE ANOTHER; singing by parts alternately. DAVID HIS TEN
THOUSANDS; so they said, because David killed Goliath, which was the
principal cause of all the following slaughter of the Philistines...
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1 Samuel 18:7 women H802 sang H6030 (H8799) danced H7832 (H8764) said
H559 (H8799) Saul H7586 slain...
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DAVID'S MILITARY SUCCESS AND SAUL'S GROWING SUSPICION AND AWE OF DAVID
(1 SAMUEL 18:5).
It will be noted that this passage comes between two inclusios in 1
Samuel 18:5 and 1 Samuel 18:15. In...
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1 Samuel 18:7
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 i...
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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:...
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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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:6 As David’s success increases,
Saul’s jealousy also increases.
⇐ ⇔...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:7 SAUL HAS STRUCK DOWN HIS THOUSANDS,
AND DAVID HIS TEN THOUSANDS could be seen as simply an example of
Hebrew parallelism, meaning “Saul and David together have killed
ma...
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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...
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PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID (CHS. 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID
AND JONATHAN (CHS. 18-20).
EXPOSITION
JONATHAN LOVES DAVID ...
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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...
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1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 29:5; Exodus 15:21; Psalms 24:7; Psalms 24:8