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1 Samuel 17:57

1 Samuel 17:57 is verse 57 of 1 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

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King James Version

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

World English Bible

As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

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1 Samuel 17:55–58 · Berean Standard Bible

55 As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

56 “Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.

57 So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

58 “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

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Hebrew words

וּכְשׁ֣וּבand just as returned דָּוִ֗דDavid מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙from striking down אֶת<obj.>הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יthe Philistine וַיִּקַּ֤חand he took אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> him אַבְנֵ֔רAbner וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּand he brought him לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before שָׁא֑וּלSaul וְרֹ֥אשׁand [the] head of הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יthe Philistine בְּיָדֽוֹ[was] in hand his

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