1 Samuel 17:15
while David went to Saul and then back again to look after his father's sheep.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
In Context
14David was the youngest. The three oldest were with Saul,
16Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came out to take his stand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:19Saul sent messengers to Jesse, telling him, “Send me your son David who takes care of 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 →