1 Samuel 16:19

Translations

Modern

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

Traditional

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

Literal

And Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and he said, “Send to me David your son, who is with the sheep.”

Latin

Misit ergo Saul nuntios ad Isai, dicens: Mitte ad me David filium tuum, qui est in pascuis.

Original

Hebrew

English

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

Notes

1 Samuel 16:1–23

David replaced Saul as king. David and Saul were alike in these ways:

Samuel anointed both.
Neither was pursuing the position of king.
Both were unlikely choices (Saul was from the smallest tribe, and David was the youngest son).
They were both good-looking (1 Samuel 9:2; 16:12).
The Spirit rushed upon each when anointed as king (1 Samuel 10:10; 11:6; 16:13).

The main difference was that David was "a man after [God's] own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14; compare 16:7), while Saul was not.

Theme notes and profiles

David Saul David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders The Spirit’s Presence

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
1 Samuel 17:15
…but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
Psalm 78:70–72
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
1 Kings 19:19
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
Amos 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
Exodus 3:1–10
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Matthew 4:18–22
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
1 Samuel 17:33–34
But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Psalm 113:8
…to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
Amos 7:14–15
“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Jesse: Father of King David Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel

Glossary

City of David David David, City of Demon Exorcism, Exorcist Jesse (Person) Messenger Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Demons: Possession by Saul Jesse: Saul Asks, to Send David to Become a Member of his Court Saul: Sends Messengers to Jesse, Asking That David be Sent to Him As a Musician and an Armor-Bearer

1 Samuel 16:19

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