1 Samuel 17:58

American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

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  • 1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
  • 1 Sam 16:18-19 : 18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him. 19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

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  • 1 Sam 17:55-57
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    84%

    55And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

    56And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

    57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
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    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

  • 1 Sam 18:17-18
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    81%

    17And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

    18And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

  • 2 Sam 1:13-14
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    13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

    14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
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    17And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

    18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

  • 1 Sam 16:18-19
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    18Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-34
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    77%

    31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

    33And 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.

    34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

  • 1 Sam 18:22-24
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    22And Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

    23And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

  • 2 Sam 1:3-8
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    3And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

    4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

    5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

    6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

    7And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

    8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

  • 1 Sam 17:14-15
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    14And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.

    15Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 9:21
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    21And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • 1 Sam 22:12-14
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    12And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

    13And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

    14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

  • 1 Sam 20:28
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    28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

  • 1 Sam 22:9
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    9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

  • 2 Sam 9:2
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    2And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.

  • 2 Sam 1:16-17
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    16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
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    25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

    26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 17:8
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    8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
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    28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 22:7
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    7And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

  • 1 Sam 25:10
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    10And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

  • 1 Sam 16:11
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    11And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.

  • 1 Sam 20:32
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    32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

  • 1 Sam 16:3
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    3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
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    25Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.