So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
1 Samuel 16:19 - King James 2000 Therefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, 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 from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon 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 Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a handsome person, and the LORD is with him.
And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread, and a skin of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.