King James Version
1 Samuel 18:8 KJV
“And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes”
Bible Study
1 Samuel 18 — Context
1 Samuel 18:7 — “And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:8 — “And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes”
1 Samuel 18:9 — “And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.”