Bible Cross References
There remaineth
1 Samuel 17:12-15
12
David was the son of Jesse, who was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and at the time Saul was king, he was already a very old man.
13
His three oldest sons had gone with Saul to war. The oldest was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14
David was the youngest son, and while the three oldest brothers stayed with Saul,
15
David would go back to Bethlehem from time to time, to take care of his father's sheep.
1 Samuel 17:28-15
2 Samuel 7:8
"So tell my servant David that I, the LORD Almighty, say to him, 'I took you from looking after sheep in the fields and made you the ruler of my people Israel.
1 Chronicles 17:7
"So tell my servant David that I, the LORD Almighty, say to him, 'I took you from looking after sheep in the fields and made you the ruler of my people Israel.
Psalm 78:70
He chose his servant David; he took him from the pastures,
Psalm 78:71
where he looked after his flocks, and he made him king of Israel, the shepherd of the people of God.