1 Samuel 18:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וִיהוּדָ֔ה אֹהֵ֖ב אֶת־דָּוִ֑ד כִּֽי־ה֛וּא יוֹצֵ֥א וָבָ֖א לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And all-Yiśrāʾēl and Yəhûdâ ʾōhēb ʾet-Dāwid, for-he yôṣēʾ and bāʾ before them.

Grammar Details

*wə-kol-Yiśrāʾēl*: conjunction + noun construct + proper noun - and all Israel
*wi-Yəhûdâ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Judah
*ʾōhēb*: qal participle, masculine singular - loving
*ʾet-Dāwid*: direct object marker + proper noun - David
*kî-hû*: conjunction + 3ms pronoun - for he
*yôṣēʾ*: qal participle, masculine singular - going out
*wā-bāʾ*: conjunction + qal participle, masculine singular - and coming in
*li-pnêhem*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 3mp suffix - before them

Word Meanings

*ʾāhēb*: love/like/be fond of
*yāṣāʾ*: go out/come out/depart
*bôʾ*: come in/enter/arrive
*pānîm*: face/presence/front

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 18:5 : 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
2 Sam 5:2 : 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
1 Kgs 3:7 : 7 And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.
Luke 19:48 : 48 and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.
Luke 20:19 : 19 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.
Num 27:17 : 17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Sam 18:5-6
2 verses
80%
5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.
1 Sam 18:12-15
4 verses
78%
12And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
15And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
1 Sam 16:21-22
2 verses
78%
21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.
22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight.
1 Sam 18:30
77%
30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much [ set by.]
1 Sam 18:20
76%
20And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Sam 18:28
76%
28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
1 Chr 14:16-17
2 verses
76%
16And David did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
17And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.
1 Sam 17:31-32
2 verses
75%
31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
1 Chr 18:13-14
2 verses
74%
13And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
14And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.
1 Sam 29:5-6
2 verses
74%
5Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?
6Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
1 Sam 18:22
74%
22And Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
1 Sam 18:17
73%
17And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
2 Sam 8:15
73%
15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.
1 Sam 19:7-8
2 verses
73%
7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.
8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
1 Chr 14:8
72%
8And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.
2 Sam 6:21
72%
21And David said unto Michal, [It was] before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.
1 Sam 16:18
72%
18Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.
2 Sam 5:12
72%
12And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
1 Sam 18:1
72%
1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Sam 3:18
72%
18now then do it; for Jehovah hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
1 Sam 26:25
72%
25Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1 Chr 14:2
71%
2And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.
2 Sam 3:36
71%
36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
1 Sam 17:15
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15Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
1 Sam 23:2
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2Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
1 Chr 12:16
71%
16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.
1 Sam 18:24
71%
24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
1 Sam 22:14
71%
14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
1 Sam 18:26
71%
26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
1 Sam 17:25
71%
25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1 Sam 16:12
71%
12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look upon. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.
2 Sam 19:15
71%
15So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
2 Sam 5:10
71%
10And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.
1 Chr 11:3
71%
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.
2 Sam 5:2-3
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71%
2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
1 Sam 17:37
71%
37And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.
1 Chr 11:9
71%
9And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.
1 Chr 12:38
70%
38All these being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
1 Sam 30:21
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21And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.