1 Samuel 16:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 16:11

And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.

KJV

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 3 (604)

Therefore the boy who tends the sheep is sought in the pastures, because He submits Himself to the Father in obedience even unto death; yet who shall declare His generation (Isa. 53:8)? He is called the little one because the grace of His humility is commended. He is therefore called the little one, who is declared by the Psalmist to have been made lower than the angels (Ps. 8). But the little one tends the sheep, because through humility He is lowly, and through majesty He is exalted.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We should think a military life, but God saw a pastoral life (which gives advantage for contemplation and communion with heaven), the best preparative for kingly power, at least for those graces of the Spirit which are necessary to the due discharge of that trust which attends it. David was keeping sheep, though it was a time of sacrifice; for there is mercy that takes precedence of sacrifice.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יִשַׁי֮	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →
הֲתַ֣מּוּ	ha.Ta.mu	¿ are they finished	H8552 →
הַנְּעָרִים֒	ha.ne.'a.Rim	the young men	H5288 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ע֚וֹד	od	still	H5750 →
שָׁאַ֣ר	sha.'Ar	he remains	H7604 →
הַקָּטָ֔ן	ha.ka.Tan	the young [one]	H6996 →
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
רֹעֶ֖ה	ro.'Eh	[he is] shepherding	H7462 →
בַּצֹּ֑אן	ba.Tzon	<in> the flock	H6629 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יִשַׁי֙	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →
שִׁלְחָ֣ה	shil.Chah	send !	H7971 →
וְקָחֶ֔נּוּ	ve.ka.Che.nu	and bring him	H3947 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
נָסֹ֖ב	na.So	we will turn round	H5437 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
בֹּא֥וֹ	bo.'O	comes he	H935 →
פֹֽה׃	Foh	here	H6311 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 7:8
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…
leads to
- Psalms 78:70–71
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 6:21
  But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 16:11–12
  And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit…
- 1 Chronicles 17:7
  Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…
- 2 Samuel 12:7
  Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Through
1 Samuel 17:28
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…
leads to
- Matthew 10:36
  A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
- Genesis 37:11
  And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 37:4
  When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.