1 Samuel 18:15

afraid. Hebrew. nur = shrank from, sore afraid; stronger than 1 Samuel 18:12.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 4:5 ; Daniel 6:4 ; Daniel 6:5 ; James 1:5 ; James 3:17 ; Psalms 112:5

¹⁵ Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 18:15

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:15