1 Samuel 17:15
David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
In Context
14But David was the youngest. Therefore, when the three eldest had followed Saul,
16Truly, the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and he stood forth, for forty days.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:19Therefore, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, “Send to me your son David, who is in the pastures.”
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 →