1 Samuel 16:21
19 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.
When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
23 And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
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
- When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
- KJV
- And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
- WEB
- David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
- ASV
- And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.
- DARBY
- And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.
- BLB
- And David came to Saul and stood before his face, and he loved him greatly, and he became to him a bearer of weapons.
- ÅB
- Slik kom David til Saul, og han ble i hans tjeneste; og Saul fikk ham meget kjær, og han ble hans våpenbærer.
- OTB
- Så kom David til Saul og trådte inn i hans tjeneste; og Saul elsket ham høyt, og han ble hans våpenbærer.
- B1930
- Således kom David til Saul, og han blev i hans tjeneste; og Saul fikk ham meget kjær, og han blev hans våbensvenn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 41:46
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
Read in contextProverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Read in contextPsalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Read in contextPsalms 118:9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:8
At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
Read in contextPsalms 62:9
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:38
Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
Read in context1 Kings 10:8
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
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