Catholic Public Domain Version
"David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem. "
— 1 Samuel 17:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.”
“Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem. ”
“Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.”
“David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.”
“David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.”
“Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.”
“But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.”
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man, the one mentioned above, from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons, and during the days of Saul, he was an elderly man, and of great age among men.
Now his three eldest sons followed Saul into battle. And the names of his three sons, who went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
But David was the youngest. Therefore, when the three eldest had followed Saul,
David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
Truly, the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and he stood forth, for forty days.
Now Jesse said to his son David: “Take, for your brothers, an ephah of cooked grain, and these ten loaves, and hurry to the camp, to your brothers.
And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed.”