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1Sa 17:58 — And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, I [am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Whose son		To account for the apparent inconsistency of Saul not knowing David, see the Note at the end of 1Sa 17:31.
I am the son		1Sa 17:12; 1Sa 16:18,19

Correlating Passages

Whose son

1Sa 17:31

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed [them] before Saul: and he sent for him.

I am the son

	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 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.
	1Sa 16:19	Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 17:58," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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