Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 16:19
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So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
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¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.
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Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
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Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
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1 Samuel 16
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.”
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.
21 When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
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