1 Samuel 17:34

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • 1 Sam 17:35-37
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    35I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

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

    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 17:31-33
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    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.

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

    20David 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 host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
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    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.

    58Saul 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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    39David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. David said to Saul, I can't go with these; for I have not proved them. David put them off him.

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

    41The 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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    18Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and 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 Chr 17:7
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    7Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, 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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    70He also chose David his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
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    44The 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.

    45Then said David 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 hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
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    28Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and 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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    9David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?

    10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but [my eye] 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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    50So 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.

    51Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath of it, 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%

    24The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

  • 1 Sam 17:26
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    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 24:2-3
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    2Then 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.

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

  • 2 Sam 7:8
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    8Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, 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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    17Saul 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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    10Then said David, 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%

    23As 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%

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

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8There was war again: and 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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    5David 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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    7So 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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    5David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10David 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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    21David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

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

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14David 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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    12Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said, They will deliver you up.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48It 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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    22David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and get it.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1David 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.