* removed.
  17,25  8:12  22:7 
 * he went out.
  16  Nu 27:16,17  2Sa 5:2  Ps 121:8 
   Saul was sensible that the Lord was departed from him; while
   he perceived, with evident sorrow of heart, that the Lord had
   given David peculiar wisdom, and that he was with him to
   prosper all his undertakings.  This increased the disquietude
   of his malevolent mind, and his dread of David as a prevailing
   rival:  he therefore removed him from his presence.  This
   impolitic step, however, served the more to ingratiate David
   with the people, by affording him the opportunity of leading
   them forth to victory over their enemies.