1 Samuel 18:16

New Century Version

But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led them well in battle.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:2

Even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in battle. The Lord said to you, ‘You will be a shepherd for my people Israel. You will be their leader.’ ”

1 Kings 3:7

Lord my God, now you have made me, your servant, king in my father’s place. But I am like a little child; I don’t know how to do what must be done.

Esther 10:3

Mordecai the Jew was second in importance to King Xerxes, and he was the most important man among the Jewish people. His fellow Jews respected him very much, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the safety of all the Jewish people.

Numbers 27:17

who will go in and out before them. He must lead them out like sheep and bring them in; the Lord’s people must not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Luke 19:48

But they did not know how they could do it, because all the people were listening closely to him.

Luke 20:19

The teachers of the law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus at once, because they knew the story was about them. But they were afraid of what the people would do.

1 Samuel 18:13

He sent David away and made him commander of a thousand soldiers. So David led them in battle.

1 Samuel 18:15

When Saul saw that David was very successful, he feared David even more.

1 Samuel 18:5

Saul sent David to fight in different battles, and David was very successful. Then Saul put David over the soldiers, which pleased Saul’s officers and all the other people.