1 Samuel 17:16

American Standard Version

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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1 Samuel 17:16 in other translations

The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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1 Samuel 17:16 in context

  1. 14And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
  2. 15Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
  3. 16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
  4. 17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;
  5. 18and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.