1 Samuel 16:19 “So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, wh…”

1 Samuel 16:19

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

World English Bible

Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”

American Standard Version

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

Darby Translation

Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

Young's Literal Translation

And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, 'Send unto me David thy son, who [is] with the flock.'

Bible in Basic English

So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

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Cross references

“with the sheep”

1 Samuel 16:11 1 Samuel 17:15 Psalm 78:70–72 Exodus 3:1–10 1 Kings 19:19 Psalm 113:8

1 Samuel 16:11 · BSB

And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

1 Samuel 17:15 · BSB

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

Psalm 78:70–72 · BSB

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

Exodus 3:1–10 · BSB

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

1 Kings 19:19 · BSB

So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

Psalm 113:8 · BSB

to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

20And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.

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