1 Samuel 16:19
17 And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
18 One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
20 And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.
21 When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
- KJV
- Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
- WEB
- Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
- ASV
- Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
- DARBY
- Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
- BLB
- And Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and he said, “Send to me David your son, who [is] with the sheep.”
- ÅB
- Da sendte Saul bud til Isai og lot si: Send hit til meg din sønn David, han som er med småfeet!
- OTB
- Så sendte Saul budbringere til Isai med forespørselen: «Send meg din sønn David, som er med flokken.»
- B1930
- Da sendte Saul bud til Isai og lot si: Send hit til mig din sønn David, han som er med småfeet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 17:15
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
Read in contextPsalms 78:70–72
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Read in contextMatthew 4:18–22
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Read in context1 Kings 19:19
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
Read in contextExodus 3:1–10
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:33–34
But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Read in contextPsalms 113:8
to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
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