“Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.””

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.