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1 Samuel 18:16

But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before 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.
Amplified Bible
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he publicly associated with them.
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.
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

12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul. 13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people. 14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him. 15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him. 16 But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them. 17 And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines. 18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king? 19 But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath. 20 And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased. 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.

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 they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.
Acts 20:38
Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
Acts 21:5
And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,
Romans 15:24
Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--
3 John 1:6
Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants 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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