The difficulty of reconciling this verse with 1 Samuel 17:55–58 can be explained in this way: The words here describe what ultimately r…

And he became his armor-bearer.—But probably only for a very short time. David returned, we should conclude, to Samuel, w…

And David came to Saul, and stood before him
As a servant, and ministered to him in the way, and for the purpose for…

Saul was made a terror to himself. The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will take possessio…