Skip to content
Bible by LittleOrMore — home

1 Samuel · Chapter 16

1 Samuel 16:19

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

World English Bible (Public Domain)

Read the chapter Verse card

In context

Before · 1 Samuel 16:17–18

17Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.” 18Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.”

19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”

After · 1 Samuel 16:20–21

20Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul. 21David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

Read all of 1 Samuel 16 (23 verses)

Key words — search the WEB