Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:5

5 Sǎoluó wúlùn chāiqiǎn Dàwèi wǎng héchu qù , tā dōu zuò shì jīng míng . Sǎoluó jiù lì tā zuò zhànshì zhǎng , zhòng bǎixìng hé Sǎoluó de chénpú wú bù xǐyuè .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:5

And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him
About any business whatsoever, especially about martial affairs, for which he was abundantly qualified:

[and] behaved himself wisely;
in the management of them, using great prudence and discretion, and so failed not of success, and of recommending himself; the Targum renders it "prospering"; he was prosperous and successful in whatsoever he engaged, for the Lord was with him, and blessed him:

and Saul set him over the men of war;
that is, of some of them, gave him the command of a troop; for Abner was captain or general of the army, and continued so:

and he was accepted in the sight of all the people;
of all the people in the land in general, of all that knew or heard of him; being looked upon as a wise, valiant, and successful commander, and which gained him the esteem and affection of the people:

and also in the sight of Saul's servants;
which was very much, and a rare thing, for servants are too apt to envy such as are rising in their credit and reputation; though this must not be understood of all, without exception; but of the generality of them; nor is the word "all" used of them, as is of the people; for some of them took the part of Saul afterwards against David, and were secretly his enemies, see ( 1 Samuel 18:22-26 ) .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:5 In-Context

3 Yuēnádān aì Dàwèi rútóng aì zìjǐ de xìngméng , jiù yǔ tā jié méng .

4 Yuēnádān cóng shēnshang tuō xià waì paó , gĕi le Dàwèi , yòu jiāng zhàn yǐ , dāo , gōng , yàodaì dōu gĕi le tā .

5 Sǎoluó wúlùn chāiqiǎn Dàwèi wǎng héchu qù , tā dōu zuò shì jīng míng . Sǎoluó jiù lì tā zuò zhànshì zhǎng , zhòng bǎixìng hé Sǎoluó de chénpú wú bù xǐyuè .

6 Dàwèi dá sǐ le nà Fēilìshì rén , tóng zhòngrén huí lái de shíhou , fùnǚ men cóng Yǐsèliè gè chéng lǐ chūlai , huān huānxǐ xǐ , dá gǔ jī qéng , gē chàng tiàowǔ , yíngjiē Sǎoluó wáng .

7 Zhòng fùnǚ wǔdǎo chàng hé , shuō , Sǎoluó shā sǐ qiā qiā , Dàwèi shā sǐ wàn wàn .