King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 16:19
“Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 16
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And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring [him] to me.
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Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
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Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.
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And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul.
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And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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