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.”
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
Related Verses
“And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?”
“And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.”
“And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.”
“And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.”
“And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”