So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shafat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Eliyahu passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
1 Samuel 16:19 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore Sha'ul sent messengers to Yishai, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep. Common English Bible So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the one who keeps the sheep.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send to me your son David, who is in the pastures." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David thy son, who is in the pastures. |
So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shafat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Eliyahu passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
The words of `Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Yisra'el in the days of `Uzziyah king of Yehudah, and in the days of Yarov`am the son of Yo'ash king of Yisra'el, two years before the earthquake.
Shemu'el said to Yishai, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep. Shemu'el said to Yishai, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.
Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Yishai the Beit-Hallachmite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and the LORD is with him.
Yishai took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Sha'ul.
Now David went back and forth from Sha'ul to feed his father's sheep at Beit-Lechem.