1 Samuel 18:5

Overview - 1 Samuel 18
Jonathan loves David.
Saul envies his praise;
10 seeks to kill him in his fury;
12 fears him for his good success;
17 offers him his daughters for a snare.
23 David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law, gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry.
28 Saul's hatred and David's glory increase.
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1 Samuel 18:5  (King James Version)
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
 


behaved
or, prospered.
1 Samuel 18:14 1 Samuel 18:15 1 Samuel 18:30 ; Genesis 39:2 Genesis 39:3 Genesis 39:23 ; Psalms 1:3 ; Acts 7:10

wisely
Matthew 10:16 ; Ephesians 5:17 ; Colossians 4:5

the men of war
13:2 14:52