World English Bible
1 Samuel 17:16
“The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
14
David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
15
Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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Jesse said to David his son, "Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
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and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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