1 Samuel 18:12 Meaning and Explanation
“And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.”
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What Does 1 Samuel 18:12 Mean?
The narrator names the true reason for Saul's dread. It is not David's ambition but the presence of the LORD with David and the LORD's absence from Saul. Saul senses the shift of God's favor and is afraid.
To stand against one whom God upholds is a fearful thing. Saul's real loss is not a rival but the nearness of God he forfeited through disobedience. Nothing is more to be feared than the withdrawal of the Lord's presence, and nothing more to be desired than the assurance, written here of David, that the LORD is with him.
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What does 1 Samuel 18:12 mean?
Saul fears David because the LORD is with David and has departed from Saul.