1 Samuel 17:15
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
In Context
14And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
16For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:19So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
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 →