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And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.(1 Samuel 16:17)
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.(1 Samuel 16:18)
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.(1 Samuel 16:19)
And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.(1 Samuel 16:21)
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight.(1 Samuel 16:22)
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.(1 Samuel 16:23)

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1 Samuel 16:20 - Cross Reference

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Proverbs 18:16)
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. (1 Samuel 17:18)
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. (2 Samuel 16:1)
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. (1 Samuel 25:18)
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. (1 Samuel 10:27)
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: (Genesis 43:11)