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1 Samuel 16:19-22 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

20. And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a skin of wine and one young goat and sent them to Saul by the hand of David his son.

21. So David came to Saul and entered his service. He loved him greatly and he became Saul’s armor bearer.

22. Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, because he has found favor in my sight.”

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