1 Samuel 16:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Samuel asked him, ‘Are these all the sons you have? ’ ‘There is still the youngest,’  he answered, ‘but at the moment he’s tending the sheep.’ Samuel told Jesse, ‘Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:8

‘So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: “This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:7

‘So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: “This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.

2 Samuel 13:3

Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah.  Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

1 Samuel 17:28

David’s eldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and he became angry with him.  ‘Why did you come down here? ’ he asked. ‘Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart #– #you came down to see the battle! ’

1 Samuel 16:10

After Jesse presented seven of his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse, ‘The Lord hasn’t chosen any of these.’

Exodus 3:1

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,  the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,  the mountain of God.