1 Samuel 17:55

KJV1611 – Modern English

When 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.

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  • 1 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.
  • 1 Sam 17:58 : 58 Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

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  • 1 Sam 17:56-58
    3 verses
    91%

    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 26:17-18
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    79%

    17And Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

    18And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

  • 2 Sam 1:3-6
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    79%

    3And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.

    4And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please, tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people are also fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead as well.

    5And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

    6And the young man who told him said, As I happened by chance upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    78%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 18:17-18
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    17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as your wife: only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD'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 to 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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    77%

    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.

    14And David said to him, How are you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

  • 1 Sam 26:14-15
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    76%

    14And David cried out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Do you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered and said, "Who are you that cries to the king?"

    15And David said to Abner, "Are you not a valiant man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord."

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
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    25The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

    26David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 26:5-6
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    74%

    5And David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the camp, and the people were camped around him.

    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 Sam 16:18-19
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    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 18:24-25
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    74%

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

    25And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 22:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

    13And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have enquired 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 is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

  • 1 Sam 17:11-12
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    73%

    11When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

    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.

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

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22And David answered and said, "Behold the king's spear! Let one of the young men come over and get it."

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    72%

    9And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?

  • 1 Sam 14:50-52
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    72%

    50The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

    51Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

    52There was fierce war against the Philistines throughout the days of Saul. When Saul saw any strong or valiant man, he took him into his service.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    72%

    1On a certain day, Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    72%

    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 17:37
    72%

    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 17:20
    72%

    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 Sam 17:28
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 20:32
    72%

    32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done?

  • 1 Sam 17:23
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    23As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

  • 1 Sam 22:9
    72%

    9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

  • 1 Sam 14:37
    72%

    37Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him that day.

  • 1 Sam 17:39
    72%

    39David fastened his sword over his armor and tried to go, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    72%

    8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 1 Sam 24:16
    72%

    16And it came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.