1 Samuel 17:31

And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

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In The King James Version

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

In Context

30And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →

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