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1 Samuel 16:21
David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

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1 Samuel 16:22
Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”

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1 Samuel 17:55
When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

1 Samuel 17:56
The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”

1 Samuel 17:57
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.

1 Samuel 17:58
Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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Genesis 41:46
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

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1 Samuel 18:2
Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.

1 Samuel 17:15
Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

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