Little in thine own sight, i.e. modest, humble, and submissive, as 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 10:22; whereby he implies that now he was grown proud, and stubborn, and impudent, both to commit sin and justify it.
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1 Samuel 15:17
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?