1 Samuel 17:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

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  • 1 Sam 17:35-37
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    35I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.

    36Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

    37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

    33And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

  • 1 Sam 17:14-15
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    14And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.

    15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
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    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
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    57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

    58And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:39-41
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    39And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.

    40Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine.

    41And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 1 Sam 16:18-19
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    18Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

    19So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • Ps 78:70
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    70He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
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    44And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

    45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
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    28And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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    9And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

    10And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

  • 1 Sam 17:50-51
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    50So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

    51So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    74%

    24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Sam 17:26
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    26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 24:2-3
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    2Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.

    3Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
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    8Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
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    10Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    73%

    23And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
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    2So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    73%

    8And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    7And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
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    5So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 16:21
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    21And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 23:12
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    12Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

  • 1 Sam 30:20
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    20And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 1 Sam 23:15
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    15And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.