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1 Samuel 16:17-19
New English Translation
1 Samuel 16:17-19
New English Translation
17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find[a] me a man who plays well and bring him to me.” 18 One of his attendants replied,[b] “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior[c] and is articulate[d] and handsome,[e] for the Lord is with him.”
19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:17 tn Heb “see.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18 tn Heb “answered and said.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18 tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18 tn Heb “discerning of word.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18 tn Heb “a man of form.”
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