KJV King James Version
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
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1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
WEB World English Bible
David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
ASV American Standard Version
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 16
18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.
20 And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul.
21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
23 And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeדָוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שָׁא֔וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דH5975 · a.madto stand: standלְפָנָ֑יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֣הֽוּH157 · a.havto love: loverמְאֹ֔דH3966 · me.odmuchוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beל֖וֹH9033 · ohimנֹשֵׂ֥אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseכֵלִֽים׃H3627 · ke.liarticle/utensil
Cross-references
Genesis 41:46And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.Proverbs 22:29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].Psalm 146:3Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.Psalm 118:9[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.Deuteronomy 1:38[But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.Psalm 62:9Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.1 Kings 10:8Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
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