1 Samuel 17:58

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
  • 1 Sam 16:18-19 : 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."

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  • 1 Sam 17:55-57
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    84%

    55When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, "Abner, whose son is this youth?" Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell."

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

    57As 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
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    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

  • 1 Sam 18:17-18
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    81%

    17Saul said to David, "Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles." For Saul said, "Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him."

    18David 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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    81%

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

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

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
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    17Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

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

  • 1 Sam 16:18-19
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    18Then 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."

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

  • 1 Sam 17:31-34
    4 verses
    77%

    31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed 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 but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."

    34David 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,

  • 1 Sam 18:22-24
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    22Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'"

    23Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, "Does it seems to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?"

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

  • 2 Sam 1:3-8
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    3David said to him, "Where do you come from?" He said to him, "I have escaped out of the camp of Israel."

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

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

    6The young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

    7When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, 'Here I am.'

    8He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

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

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

  • 1 Sam 9:21
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    21Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?"

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • 1 Sam 22:12-14
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    74%

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

    13Saul 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 inquired 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, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

  • 1 Sam 20:28
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    28Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.

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

  • 1 Sam 22:9
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    9Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

  • 2 Sam 9:2
    73%

    2There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "Your servant is he."

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

  • 2 Sam 1:16-17
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    16David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'"

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

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

    26David 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 17:8
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    8He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
    73%

    28Eliab 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 17:37
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    37David 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 22:7
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    7Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

  • 1 Sam 25:10
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    10Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.

  • 1 Sam 16:11
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    11Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your children here?" He said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."

  • 1 Sam 20:32
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    32Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

  • 1 Sam 16:3
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    3Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you."

  • 1 Sam 26:25
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    25Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son David. You shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.