1 Samuel 17:15
13 The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14 And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
17 One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
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
- but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
- KJV
- But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
- WEB
- Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
- ASV
- Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father`s sheep at Beth-lehem.
- DARBY
- But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
- BLB
- And David went and returned from Saul to feed the flock of his father in Bethlehem.
- ÅB
- men David gikk stundom hjem igjen fra Saul for å vokte sin fars småfe i Betlehem.
- OTB
- men David gikk frem og tilbake fra Saul for å gjete sin fars flokk i Betlehem.
- B1930
- men David gikk stundom hjem igjen fra Saul for å vokte sin fars småfe i Betlehem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 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 context1 Samuel 16:19–23
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
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