18 Then answered one of his servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a [a]son of Jesse, a Bethlehemite, that can play, and is strong, valiant, and a man of war, and wise in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

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

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a flagon of wine and a kid, and sent them by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:18 Though David was now anointed King by the Prophet, yet God would exercise him in sundry sorts before he had the use of his kingdom.

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