1 Samuel 17:15

New American Bible - revised edition

David would come and go from Saul’s presence to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

Cross References

1 Samuel 16:11

Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” Jesse replied, “There is still the youngest, but he is tending the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send for him; we will not sit down to eat until he arrives here.”

1 Samuel 17:16

Meanwhile the Philistine came forward and took his stand morning and evening for forty days.

1 Samuel 17:34

Then David told Saul: “Your servant used to tend his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or bear came to carry off a sheep from the flock,

1 Samuel 18:2

Saul retained David on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.