Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
Cross References
Numbers 27:17who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd."
1 Samuel 18:16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
2 Samuel 5:2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, 'You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.'"
Treasury of Scripture
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
removed
1 Samuel 18:17,25
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him…
1 Samuel 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1 Samuel 22:7
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
he went out
1 Samuel 18:16
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
Numbers 27:16,17
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, …
2 Samuel 5:2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
