1 Samuel 17:31

And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 hee departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former woordes.

32So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.

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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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