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1 Samuel 18:16

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he publicly associated with them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Jealousy;   Malice;   Prudence;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Love;   Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disease;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Merab;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judah, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was leading their troops.
Hebrew Names Version
But all Yisra'el and Yehudah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
King James Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
Lexham English Bible
However, all of Israel and Judah were loving David, for he was going forth and marching ahead of them.
English Standard Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
New Century Version
But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led them well in battle.
New English Translation
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.
New American Standard Bible
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he would go out to battle and return before them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.
Legacy Standard Bible
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
Contemporary English Version
But everyone else in Judah and Israel was loyal to David, because he led the army in battle.
Complete Jewish Bible
But all Isra'el and Y'hudah loved David, because they knew about all his campaigns.
Darby Translation
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But all the people in Israel and Judah loved David because he was out among them and led them into battle.
George Lamsa Translation
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out to war and came in before them.
Good News Translation
But everyone in Israel and Judah loved David because he was such a successful leader.
Literal Translation
And all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid, for he wente out and in before them.
American Standard Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
Bible in Basic English
But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
King James Version (1611)
But all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because hee went out and came in before them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.
English Revised Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
Berean Standard Bible
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe al Israel and Juda louyden Dauid; for he entride and yede out bifor hem.
Young's Literal Translation
and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.
Update Bible Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
Webster's Bible Translation
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
World English Bible
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
New King James Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
New Living Translation
But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.
New Life Bible
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
New Revised Standard
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for it was he who marched out and came in leading them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, all Israel and Judah, were in love with David, - for he was going out and coming in before them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.
Revised Standard Version
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them.

Contextual Overview

12Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul. 13So Saul had David removed from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he publicly associated with the people. 14David acted wisely and prospered in all his ways, and the LORD was with him. 15When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he was afraid of him. 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he publicly associated with them.17Then Saul said to David, "Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." 18David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?" 19But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was [instead] given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife. 20Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and when they told Saul, it pleased him. 21Saul said, "I will give her to him so that she may become a snare (bad influence, source of trouble) to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David for a second time, "You shall be my son-in-law today."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all Israel: 1 Samuel 18:5, Luke 19:48, Luke 20:19

he went: Numbers 27:17, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Kings 3:7

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:13 - he went out Proverbs 27:21 - so

Cross-References

Acts 15:3
So, after being supplied and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the believers.
Acts 20:38
grieving and distressed especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see him again. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Acts 21:5
When our days there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey, while all of the disciples, with their wives and children, escorted us on our way until we were outside the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we told one another goodbye.
Romans 15:24
whenever I go [on my trip] to Spain—I hope to see you as I pass through [Rome], and to be helped on my journey there by you, after I have first enjoyed your company for a little while.
3 John 1:6
and they have testified before the church of your love and friendship. You will do well to [assist them and] send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all Israel and Judah loved David,.... The verb is singular, and denotes that everyone of them loved him in all the tribes of Israel, as well as in Judah his own tribe; in such general esteem was he, and so much had he got the hearts and affections of the people:

because he went out and came in before them; the people, as in

1 Samuel 18:13; so the Septuagint version, in which, according to the Vatican copy, the verses 1 Samuel 18:17 are wanting.


 
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