1 Samuel 16:19
17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
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 and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
Read in contextPsalms 78:70–72
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Read in contextMatthew 4:18–22
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Read in context1 Kings 19:19
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Read in contextExodus 3:1–10
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:33–34
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
Read in contextPsalms 113:8
That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
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