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New Living Translation

1 Samuel 18:13

Finally, Saul sent him away and appointed him commander over 1,000 men, and David faithfully led his troops into battle.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disease;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captain;   David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Army;   Merab;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captain;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, Saul sent David away from him and made him commander over a thousand men. David led the troops
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore Sha'ul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
King James Version
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Lexham English Bible
So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him commander of a thousand, so he marched in and out at the front of the army.
English Standard Version
So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.
New Century Version
He sent David away and made him commander of a thousand soldiers. So David led them in battle.
New English Translation
Saul removed David from his presence and made him a commanding officer. David led the army out to battle and back.
Amplified Bible
So Saul had David removed from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he publicly associated with the people.
New American Standard Bible
So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore Saul put him from him, & made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore Saul turned him away from his presence and appointed him as his commander of one thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Contemporary English Version
Saul put David in charge of a thousand soldiers and sent him out to fight.
Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore Sha'ul put him at a distance from himself by making him commander over a thousand; his goings and comings became public knowledge.
Darby Translation
And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul sent David away and made him a commander over 1000 soldiers. This put David out among the men even more as they went into battle and returned.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander over a thousand; and he went out to war and came in before the people.
Good News Translation
So Saul sent him away and put him in command of a thousand men. David led his men in battle
Literal Translation
And Saul separated him from himself and set him as his commander over a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Saul put him from him, and set him to be prynce ouer a thousande men, and he went out and in before the people.
American Standard Version
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Bible in Basic English
So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore Saul remooued him from him, and made him his captaine ouer a thousand, and hee went out and came in before the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
English Revised Version
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Saul remouide Dauid fro hym silf, and made hym tribune on a thousynde men; and Dauid yede out and entride in `the siyt of the puple.
Young's Literal Translation
and Saul turneth him aside from him, and appointeth him to himself head of a thousand, and he goeth out an cometh in, before the people.
Update Bible Version
Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
World English Bible
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
New King James Version
Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
New Life Bible
So Saul made David go away from him, and had him lead a thousand men. And David went out to the people.
New Revised Standard
So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and David marched out and came in, leading the army.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Saul removed him from him, and appointed him to be for him the captain of a thousand, - and he went out and came in before the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.
Revised Standard Version
So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

Contextual Overview

12 Saul was then afraid of David, for the Lord was with David and had turned away from Saul. 13 Finally, Saul sent him away and appointed him commander over 1,000 men, and David faithfully led his troops into battle. 14 David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the Lord was with him. 15 When Saul recognized this, he became even more afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle. 17 One day Saul said to David, "I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But first you must prove yourself to be a real warrior by fighting the Lord 's battles." For Saul thought, "I'll send him out against the Philistines and let them kill him rather than doing it myself." 18 "Who am I, and what is my family in Israel that I should be the king's son-in-law?" David exclaimed. "My father's family is nothing!" 19 So when the time came for Saul to give his daughter Merab in marriage to David, he gave her instead to Adriel, a man from Meholah. 20 In the meantime, Saul's daughter Michal had fallen in love with David, and Saul was delighted when he heard about it. 21 "Here's another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!" Saul said to himself. But to David he said, "Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

removed: 1 Samuel 18:17, 1 Samuel 18:25, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Samuel 22:7

he went out: 1 Samuel 18:16, Numbers 27:16, Numbers 27:17, 2 Samuel 5:2, Psalms 121:8, Saul was sensible that the Lord was departed from him; while he perceived, with evident sorrow of heart, that the Lord had given David peculiar wisdom, and that he was with him to prosper all his undertakings. This increased the disquietude of his malevolent mind, and his dread of David as a prevailing rival: he therefore removed him from his presence. This impolitic step, however, served the more to ingratiate David with the people, by affording him the opportunity of leading them forth to victory over their enemies.

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:27 - his men 1 Samuel 19:7 - in times past 1 Samuel 22:14 - goeth 1 Chronicles 11:2 - that leddest

Cross-References

John 2:25
No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person's heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore Saul removed him from him,.... From court, partly that he might be out of his sight, having such an hatred of his person that he could not bear to see him, and partly that he might be safer from any designs of his upon his life, which he might fear, because of his treatment of him:

and made him his captain over a thousand; not out of respect to him, and in honour of him, but partly to cover his malice, and please the people, and partly in hope that he might be slain by the enemy at the head of his troop:

and he went out and came in before the people; or at the head of them, as the Targum; he led them out to war, and returned with them in safety, with victory and in triumph, with great honour, and highly respected by them; quite contrary to the intention and hope of Saul.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 18:13. Made him his captain — This was under pretence of doing him honour, when it was in effect only to rid himself of the object of his envy.


 
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