1 Samuel 18:9

9 And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.

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1 Samuel 18:9 in Other Translations

KJV

9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

ESV

9 And Saul eyed David from that day on.

NLT

9 So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

MSG

9 From that moment on, Saul kept his eye on David.

CSB

9 So Saul watched David jealously from that day forward.

1 Samuel 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:9

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
] Instead of looking pleasantly, and with a smile, upon him, as a courtier and favourite, he was justly entitled to by his gallant behaviour, he looked at him with a sour, ill natured look; he looked at him with an evil, spiteful, malicious, and envious eye; or he diligently watched and observed all his motions and actions, whether they tended to disloyalty and treason, to dethrone him, and take the kingdom to himself, which he was suspicious of; he laid wait for him, as the Targum, and laid snares too, as the following history shows.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 18:9 In-Context

7 As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

8 Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?”

9 And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.

10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand

11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.