1 Samuel 18:29

29 Saul {was threatened by David still more}, so Saul {became a perpetual enemy of David}.

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 And David got up, and he and his men went and struck down two hundred men [of the] Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and {they presented the full number} to become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as [his] wife.

28 When Saul {realized} that Yahweh [was] with David and {his own daughter Michal} loved him,

29 Saul {was threatened by David still more}, so Saul {became a perpetual enemy of David}.

30 Then the commanders of [the] Philistines went out [for battle], and as often as they went out, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very esteemed.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "added to be afraid from the presence of David"
• [b]. Literally "was an enemy with David all the days"