Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa 1 Samuel 18:14

Despised and rejected by men was he. So is the custom of this prophet: he mentions all Israel as one man, e.g., (44:2), “Fear not, My servant Jacob”; (44:1) “And now, hearken, Jacob, My servant.” Here too (52:13), “Behold My servant shall prosper,” he said concerning the house of Jacob. יַשְׂכִּיל is an expression of prosperity. Comp. (I Sam. 18:14) “And David was successful (מַשְׂכִּיל) in all his ways.”

He succeeded. He succeeded.⁶ישכיל stems from שכל [=intelligence]. Adonoy successful person is conceived by others as one who acts with intelligence.—Metzudas Dovid ⁷As in, “Dovid was successful [=משכיל] in all his ways,” in I Shmuel 18:14.

The verb achieve is in the hif’il form, like the word “succeed” [Jeremiah 32: 5]. It is a transitive verb with both a direct and an indirect object, as evidenced by the word you do. Compare, “David achieved in all his endeavors” [I Samuel 18: 14].