1 Samuel 18:8

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Da blev Saul meget vred; for dette ord likte han ille, og han sa: De har gitt David titusener, og mig har de gitt tusener, og nu står det bare tilbake at han får kongedømmet.

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  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the saying: Esther 3:5, Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 27:4, Ecclesiastes 4:4, James 4:5

displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes, Numbers 11:1, Numbers 22:34, *marg.

and what: 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 20:31, 1 Kings 2:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:8 - please not 1 Samuel 19:1 - And Saul 1 Samuel 21:11 - the king Job 5:2 - envy Proverbs 27:21 - so Matthew 5:22 - That Mark 7:22 - an evil Mark 15:10 - for envy Luke 15:28 - he 1 Peter 2:1 - envies

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him,.... Partly because they called him plain Saul, and not King Saul; did not give him his royal title, which might serve to strengthen his suspicion, after suggested; and chiefly because they attributed a greater number of slain to David than to him, as follows:

and he said, they have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they ascribed [but] thousands; and so had given more honour to an inferior officer than to the commander-in-chief, more to a subject than to a sovereign:

and [what can] he have more but the kingdom? there is nothing left out of their song, and nothing remains to be given him but that; some think that Saul knew, by the prudent behaviour of David, and the favour he was in with God and men, and by these commendations of the women, that the kingdom would be his; and that the words of Samuel were true, and would be confirmed, that the kingdom would be rent from him, and given to his neighbour better than he. This clause, with 1 Samuel 18:9, is left out of the Greek version, according to the Vatican copy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What can he have ... - Rather, “There is only the kingdom left for him.” Compare for the same sentiment, 1 Kings 2:22. “A kingdom (says Camden) brooketh no companion, and majesty more heavily taketh injuries to heart.”