He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

又拣选他的仆人大卫，从羊圈中将他召来，

他拣选他的仆人大卫，从羊圈中将他召来，

他拣选他的仆人大卫，从羊圈中将他召来，

祂拣选了祂的仆人大卫，把他从羊圈中召来，

他拣选了自己的仆人大卫，把他从羊圈中召出来；

他拣选了自己的仆人大卫，从羊圈中把他挑选出来，

又揀選他的僕人大衛，從羊圈中將他召來，

他揀選他的僕人大衛，從羊圈中將他召來，

他揀選他的僕人大衛，從羊圈中將他召來，

祂揀選了祂的僕人大衛，把他從羊圈中召來，

他揀選了自己的僕人大衛，把他從羊圈中召出來；

他揀選了大衛做他的僕人，從羊圈中選取了他，

他揀選了自己的僕人大衛，從羊圈中把他挑選出來，

簡其僕大衛、出之於羊牢、

遴選大闢為僕、不使守群畜、

又特選僕人大衛、召之於羊牢中、

復拔大維。充其忠僕。

He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;

He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.

He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;

He also chose His servant David And took him from the sheepfolds;

He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

Then Samuel said to Jesse,“ Is that all of the young men?” Jesse replied,“ There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse,“ Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The LORD said,“ Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him:‘ I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’

Act now! For the LORD has said to David,‘ By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

David replied to Michal,“ It was before the LORD! I was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the LORD’s people Israel.

Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him.He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,“ Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him,“ Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said:“ I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

Amos replied to Amaziah,“ I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.Then the LORD took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission,‘ Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

“ So now, say this to my servant David:‘ This is what the LORD of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.Jesse said to his son David,“ Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly to the camp to your brothers.Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods.They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it.When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.The men of Israel said,“ Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”David asked the men who were standing near him,“ What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying,“ This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said,“ Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”David replied,“ What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.David said to Saul,“ Don’t let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”But Saul replied to David,“ You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”David replied to Saul,“ Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. For he has defied the armies of the living God!”David went on to say,“ The LORD who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David,“ Go! The LORD will be with you.”Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him.David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul,“ I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.The Philistine said to David,“ Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.The Philistine said to David,“ Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”But David replied to the Philistine,“ You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!This very day the LORD will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a Godand all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves! For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine.David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon( called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea( for they were fishermen).He said to them,“ Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.”They left their nets immediately and followed him.Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them.They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.