1 SAMUEL 17:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”
And Eliab his oldest brother heard him speaking to the men, and Eliab's anger was kindled against David — Eliab's *af* (anger kindled) erupts at David's evident confidence and public questioning, a jealous anger that may conceal deeper insecurity about his own role as the eldest. The verb *vayishmac Eliab*, heard, suggests overhearing, eavesdropping; David's words reached his ears when directed to others, and that public assertion of faith provoked familial rivalry. Eliab's anger foreshadows a pattern: those closest to power—family, friends, the established order—will often oppose the deliverer most fiercely.
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