1 Samuel 18:16

16 omnis autem Israhel et Iuda diligebat David ipse enim egrediebatur et ingrediebatur ante eos

1 Samuel 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.

1 Samuel 18:16 In-Context

14 in omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat et Dominus erat cum eo

15 vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis et coepit cavere eum

16 omnis autem Israhel et Iuda diligebat David ipse enim egrediebatur et ingrediebatur ante eos

17 dixit autem Saul ad David ecce filia mea maior Merob ipsam dabo tibi uxorem tantummodo esto vir fortis et proeliare bella Domini Saul autem reputabat dicens non sit manus mea in eo sed sit super illum manus Philisthinorum

18 ait autem David ad Saul quis ego sum aut quae est vita mea aut cognatio patris mei in Israhel ut fiam gener regis