Verse 16
1 Samuel 18:16
Bible in Basic English
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But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וִ/יהוּדָ֔ה אֹהֵ֖ב אֶת דָּוִ֑ד כִּֽי ה֛וּא יוֹצֵ֥א וָ/בָ֖א לִ/פְנֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out and came in before them.
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Chapter 18 Context
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Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David,...
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And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.
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Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
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And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to...
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And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of wa...
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Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out o...
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And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and Da...
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And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David cr...
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And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
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Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God (Elohim) came on Saul with great force and he was acti...
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And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall....
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And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.
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So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before...
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And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.
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And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
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But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
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And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only b...
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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-l...
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But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath...
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And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.
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And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the...
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And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the...
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And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to...
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And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
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And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the priva...
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And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the kin...
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So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David too...
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And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.
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And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.
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Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisel...
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