King James Version
1 Samuel 18:29 in the King James Version says “And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.”
1 Samuel 18:29 · KJV
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. set by: Heb. precious
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was yet the more”
H3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
“of”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“continually”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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