1 Samuel 16:19

1 Samuel 16:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

Context of 1 Samuel 16:19

17“All right,” Saul said. “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here.” 18One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the Lord is with him.” So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.” 20Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine. 21So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 16:19 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח שָׁא֛וּל מַלְאָכִ֖ים אֶל־יִשָׁ֑י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁלְחָ֥ה אֵלַ֛י אֶת־דָּוִ֥ד בִּנְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּצֹּֽאן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• unto Jesseיִשַׁיyishay 'îyshay · JesseH3448
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• me Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• thy sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• with the sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 16:19

• 1 Samuel 16:11Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.” “Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
• 1 Samuel 17:15but David went back and forth so he could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem.
• Exodus 3:1One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.
• 1 Kings 19:19So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.
• Psalms 78:70He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
• Psalms 113:8He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!
• Amos 1:1This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.
• Amos 7:14But Amos replied, “I’m not a professional prophet, and I was never trained to be one. I’m just a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore-fig trees.
• Matthew 4:18One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 16:19

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 Saul is made a terror to himself. The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. The devil, by the Divine permission, troubled and terrified Saul, by the corrupt humours of his body, and passions of his mind. He grew fretful, peevish, and discontented, and at times a madman. It is a pity that music, which may be serviceable to the good temper of the mind, should ever be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23David 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…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David--In the East the command of a king is imperative; and Jesse, however reluctant and alarmed, had no alternative but to comply.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 16:19

• Demons
• Jesse
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• David
• Jesse
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Appearance
• Comely
• Psalms, Book of
• Samuel, Books of
• Shepherd

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings