撒母耳记上 16:21

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛到了掃羅那裡，就侍立在他面前。掃羅很愛他，他就作了替掃羅拿武器的人。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 到 了 扫 罗 那 里 ， 就 侍 立 在 扫 罗 面 前 。 扫 罗 甚 喜 爱 他 ， 他 就 作 了 扫 罗 拿 兵 器 的 人 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ But the Lord 's Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. ¹⁵ Saul's servants said to him, "See, an evil spirit from God is troubling you. ¹⁶ Give us the command to look for someone who can play the harp. When the evil spirit from God troubles you, he will play, and you will feel better." ¹⁷ So Saul said to his servants, "Find someone who can play well and bring him to me." ¹⁸ One of the servants said, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem play the harp. He is brave and courageous. He is a good speaker and handsome, and the Lord is with him." ¹⁹ Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep." ²⁰ So Jesse loaded a donkey with bread, a leather bag full of wine, and a young goat, and he sent them with his son David to Saul. ²¹ When David came to Saul, he began to serve him. Saul liked David and made him the officer who carried his armor. ²² Saul sent a message to Jesse, saying, "Let David stay and serve me because I like him." ²³ When the evil spirit from God troubled Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then the evil spirit would leave him, and Saul would feel better.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stood before him: Genesis 41:46, Deuteronomy 1:38, Deuteronomy 10:8, 1 Kings 10:8, Proverbs 22:29

loved him: Psalms 62:9, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 146:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:16 - before thee 1 Samuel 17:55 - whose son 1 Samuel 18:2 - took him 1 Samuel 19:7 - in times past 1 Kings 1:2 - a young virgin

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David came to Saul, and stood before him,.... As a servant, and ministered to him in the way, and for the purpose for which he was sent:

and he loved him greatly; being a comely person, and a well behaved youth, and especially as he was serviceable to him with his music, in driving away melancholy from him:

and he became his armourbearer; that is, he appointed him to this office, though we never read that he exercised it; nor did he go with Saul in this capacity to the battle related in the following chapter: it may be literally rendered: "and he was to him a bearer of vessels", or "instruments" q; and Abarbinel thinks this is to be understood not of instruments of war, but of instruments of music to play with; which he brought in and bare before him when he went in to the king.

q ויהי לו נשא כלים "et fuit ei ferens vasa", Montanus; "ferens instrumenta", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The difficulty of reconciling this verse with 1 Samuel 17:55-58, is met thus: The words here are the ultimate sequence of David’s first visit to Saul, and of his skill in music, and are therefore placed here; but they did not really come to pass until after David’s victory over Goliath (see 1 Samuel 18:2). It is quite conceivable that if David had only played once or twice to Saul, and then returned to his father’s house for some months, Saul might not recognize him.