The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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1 Samuel 16:16 (ESV)
Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.”
 
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[FONT=Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]I Samuel 16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”[/FONT]
 
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I Samuel 16:18 One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.”
 
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1 Samuel 16:21
New International Version (NIV)


David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers.
 
[h=1](1 Samuel 16:22): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”
 
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[h=1](1 Samuel 16:23): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]23 So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.


 
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3And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.
 
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1 Samuel 17:7
New International Version (NIV)


His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[c] His shield bearer went ahead of him.

c. That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
 
1 Samuel 17:8 (KJV)
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
 
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