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1 Samuel 16:19
“Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 16
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Saul said to his servants, "Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.
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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.
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Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.
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Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
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David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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