Shmuel Alef 18:16

16 But kol Yisroel and Yehudah loved Dovid, because he went out and came in before them.

Shmuel Alef 18:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:16

And all Israel and Judah loved David
The verb is singular, and denotes that everyone of them loved him in all the tribes of Israel, as well as in Judah his own tribe; in such general esteem was he, and so much had he got the hearts and affections of the people:

because he went out and came in before them;
the people, as in ( 1 Samuel 18:13 ) ; so the Septuagint version, in which, according to the Vatican copy, the verses ( 1 Samuel 18:17-19 ) are wanting.

Shmuel Alef 18:16 In-Context

14 And Dovid was maskil (successful) in kol drakhim of him; and Hashem was with him.

15 Wherefore when Sha’ul saw that he was maskil me’od, he was afraid of him.

16 But kol Yisroel and Yehudah loved Dovid, because he went out and came in before them.

17 And Sha’ul said to Dovid, Hinei bitti hagedolah Merav, her will I give thee as isha; only be thou ben chayil (valiant) for me, and fight Hashem’s milchamot. For Sha’ul said, Let not mine yad be upon him, but let the yad Pelishtim be upon him.

18 And Dovid said unto Sha’ul, Who am I? And what is my life, or the mishpakhat avi in Yisroel, that I should be Choson to HaMelech?