King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 17:16
“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
14
And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
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And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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