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20 And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a skin of wine and one young goat[a] and sent them to Saul by the hand of David his son. 21 So David came to Saul and entered his service.[b] He[c] loved him greatly and he became Saul’s armor bearer.[d] 22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, because he has found favor in my sight.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:20 Literally “kid of a goat”
  2. 1 Samuel 16:21 Literally “stood before him”
  3. 1 Samuel 16:21 That is, Saul
  4. 1 Samuel 16:21 Literally “he became for him a carrier of weapons”
  5. 1 Samuel 16:22 Literally “in my eyes”