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1 Samuel 16:19

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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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  1. 1 Samuel 16:17

    And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

  2. 1 Samuel 16:18

    Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, 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.

  3. 1 Samuel 16:20

    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.

  4. 1 Samuel 16:21

    And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

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