1 Samuel 18:29

29 then Saul was even more afraid of David. Saul was David's enemy for the rest of his life.

1 Samuel 18:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:29

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David
Because the Lord was with him, and his wife loved him; so that he feared he should never be able to accomplish his designs, and that this marriage, which he intended as the means of his ruin, would pave the way for his ascending the throne:

and Saul became David's enemy continually;
was every day giving fresh evidence of his enmity against him; before it was by fits, and at certain times, there were some intervals; but now enmity was rooted and habituated, and was constant and continually showing itself.

1 Samuel 18:29 In-Context

27 David got up and went with his soldiers and killed one hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins and counted them out for the king so he could become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to him in marriage.

28 When Saul knew for certain that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,

29 then Saul was even more afraid of David. Saul was David's enemy for the rest of his life.

30 And whenever the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David would have more success than the rest of Saul's officers, so his fame spread widely.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or Saul became David’s constant enemy.