1 Samuel 16:20

And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

21And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:11\43:12\And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

1 Samuel 17:18And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.

2 Samuel 16:1And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 16:15-23

Saul Troubled by an Evil Spirit. ( b. c. 1065.) 14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on a harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants,… Read the whole commentary →

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