1 Samuel 17:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul.

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  • 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.

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  • 1 Sam 17:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years.

    13The three eldest sons of Jesse followed Saul to the battle, and the names of his three sons who went were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

  • 1 Sam 17:15
    78%

    15But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 16:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these.

    11And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here.

  • 1 Sam 17:55-58
    4 verses
    75%

    55When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.

    56The king said, Inquire whose son the young man is.

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

    58Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-34
    4 verses
    74%

    31When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

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

    33Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.

    34David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

  • 1 Sam 16:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Then one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty valiant man, a man of war, prudent in speech, a handsome person, and the LORD is with him.

    19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

  • 1 Chr 2:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13And Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

    14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

  • 1 Sam 17:28
    73%

    28Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men and Eliab's anger burned against David. He said, Why have you come down here? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.

  • 2 Sam 3:1
    73%

    1Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

  • 1 Chr 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

    8When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out against them.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
    72%

    2And the Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    72%

    2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    71%

    41The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    71%

    1David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    70%

    3And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    70%

    1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

  • 2 Sam 5:16
    70%

    16And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    70%

    5And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 17:22
    70%

    22David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, ran to the army, and greeted his brothers.

  • 1 Sam 18:14
    70%

    14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    70%

    37David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    70%

    17Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    69%

    3And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the road. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 14:49
    69%

    49The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn was Merab, and the name of the younger was Michal.

  • 1 Sam 24:2
    69%

    2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

  • 1 Sam 26:6
    69%

    6Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to the camp of Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

  • 1 Chr 3:2
    69%

    2The third, Absalom the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    69%

    3Therefore, all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 17:17
    69%

    17Jesse said to David his son, Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brothers.

  • 1 Chr 18:17
    69%

    17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials around the king.

  • 1 Chr 3:8
    69%

    8And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    69%

    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

  • 2 Sam 1:13
    69%

    13And David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
    69%

    12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    69%

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, This is what David spoke.