21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
21 David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers.
21 And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
21 David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him immediately and made him his right-hand man.
21 So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer.
21 So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor bearer.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:21
Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:14-23
(Read 1 Samuel 16:14-23)
Saul is 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 have possession of us. The devil, by the Divine permission, troubled and terrified Saul, by the corrupt humours of his body, and passions of his mind. He grew fretful, peevish, and discontented, and at times a madman. It is a pity that music, which may be serviceable to the good temper of the mind, should ever be abused, to support vanity and luxury, and made an occasion of drawing the heart from God and serious things. That is driving away the good Spirit, not the evil spirit. Music, diversions, company, or business, have for a time often been employed to quiet the wounded conscience; but nothing can effect a real cure but the blood of Christ, applied in faith, and the sanctifying Spirit sealing the pardon, by his holy comforts. All other plans to dispel religious melancholy are sure to add to distress, either in this world or the next.