1 Samuel 17:34

World English Bible (2000)

David said to Saul, "Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

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  • 1 Sam 17:35-37
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    86%

    35 I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

    36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God."

    37 David said, "Yahweh who 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." Saul said to David, "Go; and Yahweh shall be with you."

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

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

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

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

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

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

    20 David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
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    57 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:39-41
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    39 David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off.

    40 He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.

    41 The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

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

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

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    76%

    7 "Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

  • Ps 78:70
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    70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
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    44 The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field."

    45 Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
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    28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle."

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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    9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

    10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed.

  • 1 Sam 17:50-51
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    50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

    51 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    74%

    24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

  • 1 Sam 17:26
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    26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done to 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 24:2-3
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    2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.

    3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
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    8 Now therefore you shall tell my servant David this, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel.

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

  • 1 Sam 23:10
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    10 Then David said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    73%

    23 As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
    73%

    2 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah."

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8 There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
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    5 David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 16:21
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    21 David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14 David said to him, "How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?"

  • 1 Sam 23:12
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    12 Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" Yahweh said, "They will deliver you up."

  • 1 Sam 30:20
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    20 David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] livestock, and said, "This is David's spoil."

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48 It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22 David answered, "Behold the spear, O king! Then let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 1 Sam 23:15
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    15 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1 David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."