1 Samuel 17:15

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But David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

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  • 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the young men you have?" Jesse replied, "There remains the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives here."
  • 1 Sam 16:19-23 : 19 Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep." 20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul. 21 When David came to Saul and stood before him, Saul loved him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer. 22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, "Allow David to remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight." 23 Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take the lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

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  • 1 Sam 17:31-35
    5 verses
    80%

    31 When David's words were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him.

    32 David said to Saul, 'Let no one lose heart because of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him.'

    33 But Saul replied, 'You cannot go against this Philistine to fight him. You are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.'

    34 David said to Saul, 'Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,'

    35 'I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its mane, struck it, and killed it.'

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 Saul, your brothers, and the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

    20 Early in the morning, David left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

  • 1 Sam 17:14
    78%

    14 David was the youngest, and the three oldest had followed Saul.

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    78%

    19 Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
    2 verses
    76%

    57 As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

    58 Saul asked him, 'Whose son are you, young man?' David replied, 'I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.'

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    75%

    12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.

  • 1 Sam 17:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 The Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand for forty days.

    17 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.'

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    74%

    1 David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    74%

    37 David added, 'The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.' Saul said to David, 'Go, and may the LORD be with you.'

  • 1 Sam 20:28
    73%

    28 Jonathan answered Saul, 'David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.'

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    73%

    13 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and moved wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped his pursuit.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    73%

    7 Now then, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 23:14
    73%

    14 At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    73%

    10 The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    73%

    12 David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    73%

    5 David went out and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul gave him command over the soldiers, and he was well-liked by everyone, including Saul’s officers.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    73%

    41 The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
    72%

    16 At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:22
    72%

    22 David left his supplies in the care of the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines, and asked his brothers how they were.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
    72%

    28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, 'Why have you come down here? And who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart; you came down only to watch the battle.'

  • Gen 37:12
    72%

    12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    72%

    11 Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the young men you have?" Jesse replied, "There remains the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives here."

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1 After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

  • 1 Sam 23:15
    72%

    15 When David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, he stayed in the Wilderness of Ziph, in the woods.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    72%

    3 Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which faces the wilderness along the road, while David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him,

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    72%

    18 David fled and escaped. He went to Samuel at Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    72%

    1 David left from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
    72%

    2 So David asked the LORD, saying, "Should I go and attack these Philistines?" The LORD answered David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah."

  • Ps 78:70
    72%

    70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    72%

    22 Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or destroy my name from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    72%

    46 Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    71%

    1 David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    71%

    8 War broke out again. David went out to fight the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, causing them to flee before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:39
    71%

    39 David strapped on his sword over the armor and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. He said to Saul, 'I cannot walk in these, for I have not tested them.' So David took them off.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
    71%

    16 But all Israel and Judah loved David because he led them in their campaigns.

  • 1 Sam 23:28
    71%

    28 Then Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. That is why they called that place the Rock of Escape.

  • 1 Sam 18:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

    13 So Saul removed David from his presence and appointed him as a commander over a thousand men. David led the troops out and brought them back in.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    71%

    30 The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, but every time they went out, David had more success than all of Saul’s servants, and he became highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    71%

    25 Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David. You will do great things and surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 25:4
    71%

    4 While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

  • 1 Sam 24:3
    71%

    3 So Saul chose three thousand elite men from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.