1 Samuel 17:15
Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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; and the three eldest followed Saul. —
16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said: 'Send me David thy son, 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 →