1 Samuel 18 · Verse 13

1 Samuel 18:13

Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
1 Samuel 18:13, King James Version

1 Samuel 18:13 in other translations

BSBTherefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
WEBTherefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
ASVTherefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
YLTand Saul turneth him aside from him, and appointeth him to himself head of a thousand, and he goeth out an cometh in, before the people.
DARBYAnd Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
BBESo Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.
WebsterTherefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

What does 1 Samuel 18:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Therefore Saul removed him from him--sent him away from the court, where the principal persons, including his own son, were spellbound with admiration of the young and pious warrior. made him captain over a thousand--gave him a military commission, which was intended to be an honorable exile. But this post of duty served only to draw out before the public the extraordinary and varied qualities of his character, and to give him a stronger hold of the people's affections. 1Sa 18:17-21. He Offers Him His Daughter for a Snare.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Made him his captain - This was under pretense of doing him honor, when it was in effect only to rid himself of the object of his envy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:12-30

For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviour towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence and discretion, especially under insults and provocations! Let us inquire if we imitate this part of the exemplary character before us. Are we behaving wisely in all our ways? Is there no sinful omission, no rashness of…

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1 Samuel 18:13 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְסִרֵ֤הוּvay.si.Re.huand he removed himH5493
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586
מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹme.'i.Mofrom with <the> himH5973
וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּvay.si.Me.huand he appointed himH7760
ל֖וֹlofor <the> himself
שַׂר\־sar-a commander ofH8269
אָ֑לֶף'A.lefa thousandH505
וַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
וַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הָעָֽם\׃\ \פha.'Amthe peopleH5971

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 18:13

  • 2 Samuel 5:2

    Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

  • Psalms 121:8

    The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  • 1 Samuel 18:16-17

    But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

  • 1 Samuel 22:7

    Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

  • 1 Samuel 8:12

    And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

  • Numbers 27:16-17

    Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

  • 1 Samuel 18:25

    And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
removed.
17,25; 8:12; 22:7
he went out.
16; Nu 27:16,17; 2Sa 5:2; Ps 121:8Saul was sensible that the Lord was departed from him; while he perceived, with evident sorrow of heart, that the Lord had given David peculiar wisdom, and that he was with him to prosper all his undertakings. This increased the disquietude of his malevolent mind, and his dread of David as a prevailing rival: he therefore removed him from his presence. This impolitic step, however, served the more to ingratiate David with the people, by affording him the opportunity of leading them forth to victory over their enemies.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 18:12

    And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • 1 Samuel 18:13

    Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

  • 1 Samuel 18:14

    And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

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1 Samuel 18:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Apartólo pues Saúl de sí, é hízole capitán de mil; y salía y entraba delante del pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül l’éloigna de lui, et l’établit chef de millier; et David sortait et entrait devant le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Saul tat ihn von sich weg und setzte ihn zum Obersten über tausend; und er zog aus und ein vor dem Volke her.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Amovit ergo eum Saul a se, et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros: et egrediebatur, et intrabat in conspectu populi.