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1Sa 16:11 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

There remaineth		1Sa 17:12-15,28; 2Sa 7:8; 1Ch 17:7; Psa 78:70,71
down		Heb. round.

Correlating Passages

There remaineth

	1Sa 17:12	Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.
	1Sa 17:13	And the three eldest sons of Jesse went [and] followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
	1Sa 17:14	And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
	1Sa 17:15	But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
	1Sa 17:28	And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
	2Sa 7:8	Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
	1Ch 17:7	Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
	Psa 78:70	He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
	Psa 78:71	From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 16:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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