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

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

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

So he asked Jesse,“ Are these the only sons you have?”“ No,” Jesse answered.“ My youngest son is taking care of the sheep.” Samuel said,“ Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he arrives.”So Jesse sent for his son and had him brought in. He looked very healthy. He had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the Lord said,“ Get up and anoint him. This is the one.”

God removed him and made David their king. Here is God’s witness about him.‘ David, son of Jesse, is a man dear to my heart,’ he said.‘ David will do everything I want him to do.’

Now do it! The Lord made a promise to David. He said,‘ I will rescue my people Israel from the power of the Philistines. I will also rescue them from all their enemies. I will rescue them through my servant David.’ ”

David said to Michal,“ I did it to honor the Lord. He chose me instead of your father or anyone else in Saul’s family. The Lord appointed me ruler over his people Israel. I will celebrate to honor the Lord.

Moses was taking care of the flock of his father- in- law Jethro. Jethro was the priest of Midian. Moses led the flock to the western side of the desert. He came to Horeb. It was the mountain of God.

Elijah left Mount Horeb. He saw Elisha, the son of Shaphat. Elisha was plowing in a field. He was driving the last of 12 pairs of oxen. Elijah went up to him. He threw his coat around him.Then Elisha left his oxen. He ran after Elijah.“ Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said.“ Then I’ll come with you.”“ Go back,” Elijah replied.“ What have I done to you?”

You once spoke to your faithful people in a vision. You said,“ I have given strength to a soldier. I have raised up a young man from among the people.I have found my servant David. I have poured my sacred oil on his head.

Amos answered Amaziah,“ I was not a prophet. I wasn’t even the son of a prophet. I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore- fig trees.But the Lord took me away from taking care of the flock. He said to me,‘ Go. Prophesy to my people Israel.’

So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh. I want you to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. They are my people.”

“ So tell my servant David,‘ The Lord who rules over all says,“ I took you away from the grasslands. That’s where you were taking care of your father’s sheep and goats. I made you ruler over my people Israel.

But David went back and forth from Saul’s camp to Bethlehem. He went to Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep.Every morning and evening Goliath came forward and stood there. He did it for 40 days.Jesse said to his son David,“ Get at least half a bushel of grain that has been cooked. Also get ten loaves of bread. Take all of it to your brothers. Hurry to their camp.Take along these ten chunks of cheese to the commander of their military group. Find out how your brothers are doing. Bring me back some word about them.They are with Saul and all the men of Israel. They are in the Valley of Elah. They are fighting against the Philistines.”Early in the morning David left his father’s flock in the care of a shepherd. David loaded up the food and started out, just as Jesse had directed. David reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions. The soldiers were shouting the war cry.The Israelites and the Philistines were lining up their armies for battle. The armies were facing each other.David left what he had brought with the man who took care of the supplies. He ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.As David was talking with them, Goliath stepped forward from his line. Goliath was a mighty Philistine hero from Gath. He again dared someone to fight him, and David heard it.Whenever Israel’s army saw Goliath, all of them ran away from him. That’s because they were so afraid.The Israelites had been saying,“ Just look at how this man keeps daring Israel to fight him! The king will make the man who kills Goliath very wealthy. The king will also give his own daughter to be that man’s wife. The king won’t require anyone in the man’s family to pay any taxes in Israel.”David spoke to the men standing near him. He asked them,“ What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine? Goliath is bringing shame on Israel. What will be done for the one who removes it? This Philistine isn’t even circumcised. He dares the armies of the living God to fight him. Who does he think he is?”The men told David what Israel’s soldiers had been saying. The men told him what would be done for the man who killed Goliath.David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking with the men. So Eliab became very angry with him. Eliab asked David,“ Why have you come down here? Who is taking care of those few sheep in the desert for you? I know how proud you are. I know how evil your heart is. The only reason you came down here was to watch the battle.”“ What have I done now?” said David.“ Can’t I even speak?”Then he turned away to speak to some other men. He asked them the same question he had asked before. And they gave him the same answer.Someone heard what David said and reported it to Saul. So Saul sent for David.David said to Saul,“ Don’t let anyone lose hope because of that Philistine. I’ll go out and fight him.”Saul replied,“ You aren’t able to go out there and fight that Philistine. You are too young. He’s been a warrior ever since he was a boy.”But David said to Saul,“ I’ve been taking care of my father’s sheep. Sometimes a lion or a bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock.Then I would go after it and hit it. I would save the sheep it was carrying in its mouth. If it turned around to attack me, I would grab its hair. I would strike it down and kill it.In fact, I’ve killed both a lion and a bear. I’ll do the same thing to this Philistine. He isn’t even circumcised. He has dared the armies of the living God to fight him.The Lord saved me from the paw of the lion. He saved me from the paw of the bear. And he’ll save me from the powerful hand of this Philistine too.” Saul said to David,“ Go. And may the Lord be with you.”Then Saul dressed David in his own military clothes. He put a coat of armor on him. He put a bronze helmet on his head.David put on Saul’s sword over his clothes. He walked around for a while in all that armor because he wasn’t used to it.“ I can’t go out there in all this armor,” he said to Saul.“ I’m not used to it.” So he took it off.Then David picked up his wooden staff. He went down to a stream and chose five smooth stones. He put them in the pocket of his shepherd’s bag. Then he took his sling in his hand and approached Goliath.At that same time, the Philistine kept coming closer to David. The man carrying Goliath’s shield walked along in front of him.Goliath looked David over. He saw how young he was. He also saw how healthy and handsome he was. And he hated him.He said to David,“ Why are you coming at me with sticks? Do you think I’m only a dog?” The Philistine cursed David in the name of his gods.“ Come over here,” he said.“ I’ll feed your body to the birds and wild animals!”David said to Goliath,“ You are coming to fight against me with a sword, a spear and a javelin. But I’m coming against you in the name of the Lord who rules over all. He is the God of the armies of Israel. He’s the one you have dared to fight against.This day the Lord will give me the victory over you. I’ll strike you down. I’ll cut your head off. This day I’ll feed the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds and wild animals. Then the whole world will know there is a God in Israel.The Lord doesn’t rescue people by using a sword or a spear. And everyone here will know it. The battle belongs to the Lord. He will hand all of you over to us.”As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet him.He reached into his bag. He took out a stone. He put it in his sling. He slung it at Goliath. The stone hit him on the forehead and sank into it. He fell to the ground on his face.So David won the fight against Goliath with a sling and a stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. He did it without even using a sword.David ran and stood over him. He picked up Goliath’s sword and cut off his head with it. The Philistines saw that their hero was dead. So they turned around and ran away.Then the men of Israel and Judah shouted and rushed forward. They chased the Philistines to the entrance of Gath. They chased them to the gates of Ekron. Bodies of dead Philistines were scattered all along the road to Gath and Ekron. That’s the road that leads to Shaaraim.Israel’s army returned from chasing the Philistines. They had taken everything from the Philistine camp.David picked up Goliath’s head. He brought it to Jerusalem. He put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

One day Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee. There he saw two brothers, Simon Peter and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the lake, because they were fishermen.“ Come and follow me,” Jesus said.“ I will send you out to fish for people.”At once they left their nets and followed him.Going on from there, he saw two other brothers. They were James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee. As they were preparing their nets, Jesus called out to them.Right away they left the boat and their father and followed Jesus.