1 Samuel 18:9

WEB

Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

KJV

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

Commentary

Commentary

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. Instead of looking pleasantly, and with a smile, upon him, as a courti er and favourite, he was justly entitled to by his gallant behaviour, he looked at him with a sour, ill natured look; he looked at him with an evil, spiteful, malicious, and envious eye; or he diligently watched and observed all his motions and actions, whether they tended to disloyalty and treason, to dethrone him, and take the kingdom to himself, which he was suspicious of; he laid wait for him, as the Targum, and laid snares too, as the following history shows.