1 Samuel 18:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 18:16

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Berean Standard Bible

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

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KJV

King James Version

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

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WEB

World English Bible

But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

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1 Samuel 18

¹⁴ and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

¹⁵ When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

¹⁸ And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

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