King James Version
1 Samuel 18:13 in the King James Version says “Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the pe...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.”
1 Samuel 18:13 · KJV
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. behaved: or, prospered
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“him from him and made”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“over a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“and he went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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