King James Version
1 Samuel 18:14 in the King James Version says “And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. behaved: or, prospered” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. behaved: or, prospered”
1 Samuel 18:14 · KJV
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.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all his ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“behaved himself wisely”
H7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
“and the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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