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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 17:15 Catholic Bible: David would go back to Bethlehem from time to time, to take care of his father's sheep. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_samuel/17-15.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_samuel/17-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_samuel/17-15.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/1.htm">1 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/17.htm">Chapter 17</a> > Verse 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/17-14.htm" title="1 Samuel 17:14">◄</a> 1 Samuel 17:15 <a href="../1_samuel/17-16.htm" title="1 Samuel 17:16">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/17.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_samuel/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />David would go back to Bethlehem from time to time, to take care of his father's sheep. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_samuel/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He took care of his father's sheep, and he went back and forth between Bethlehem and Saul's camp. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />David would come and go from Saul’s presence to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.</p><p class="hdg">returned</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/16-11.htm">1 Samuel 16:11,19-23</a> And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/17.htm">David Accepts the Challenge</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>But David was the youngest. So the three eldest having followed Saul, <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl">David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.</span><span class="reftext">16</span>Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/16-11.htm">1 Samuel 16:11</a></span><br />And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/16-19.htm">1 Samuel 16:19</a></span><br />Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David, thy son, who is in the pastures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/16-21.htm">1 Samuel 16:21</a></span><br />And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/17-16.htm">1 Samuel 17:16</a></span><br />Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/18-2.htm">1 Samuel 18:2</a></span><br />And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm">Bethlehem</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm">Beth-Lehem</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-14.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Returning</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-14.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-19.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-13.htm">Tend</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-58.htm">Bethlehem</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-58.htm">Beth-Lehem</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-27.htm">Returning</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-19.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-20.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/psalms/28-9.htm">Tend</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/1_samuel/17-15.htm">1 Samuel 17:15 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and at back Bethlehem but David father's flock forth from his Saul sheep tend to went<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/17-15.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 17:15 Now David went back and forth (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/17-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 17:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 17:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/17-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 17:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 17:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>