King James Version
1 Samuel 16:19 in the King James Version says “Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.”
1 Samuel 16:19 · KJV
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. matters: or, speech
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid , and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“messengers”
H4397a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thy son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which is with the sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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