In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”
1 Samuel 18:13 - English Standard Version 2016 So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Saul removed David from him and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. Common English Bible So Saul removed David from his service, placing him in command of a unit of one thousand men. David led the men out to war and back. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Saul sent him away from himself, and he made him tribune over one thousand men. And he entered and departed in the sight of the people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men: and he went out and came in before the people. |
In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,
And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.