1 Samuel 16:20 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesse sends David to Saul with gifts of bread, wine, and a young goat.
What Does 1 Samuel 16:20 Mean?
Jesse responds to the king's summons by sending David with gifts -- a donkey laden with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat. These are gestures of honor and goodwill, a father sending his son well-provided into royal service.
The simple offerings mark David's departure from home into the wider purposes of God. A father gives what he has and sends his son on the road that leads, though no one yet knows it, to a kingdom. Faithful obedience in ordinary things -- a gift prepared, a son sent -- becomes part of the great story God is telling through this house of Bethlehem.
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What does 1 Samuel 16:20 mean?
Jesse sends David to Saul with gifts of bread, wine, and a young goat.