1 Samuel 17:57
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New International Version (©2011)
As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine's head.

New Living Translation (©2007)
As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him to Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.

NET Bible (©2006)
So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner brought him to Saul. David had the Philistine's head in his hand.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

American King James Version
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

American Standard Version
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when David was returned, after the Philistine was slain, Abner took him, and brought him in before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Darby Bible Translation
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

English Revised Version
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

World English Bible
As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
And when David turneth back from smiting the Philistine, then Abner taketh him and bringeth him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine in his hand;

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,.... Carrying his head in triumph, and no doubt accompanied with the acclamations of the people:

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Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

When David returned "from the slaughter of the Philistine," i.e., after the defeat of Goliath, and when Abner, who probably went as commander to meet the brave hero and congratulate him upon his victory, had brought him to Saul, the king addressed the same question to David, who immediately gave him the information he desired. For it is evident that David said more than is here communicated, viz., "the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite," as we have already observed, from the words of 1 Samuel 18:1, which presuppose a protracted conversation between Saul and David. The only reason, in all probability, why this conversation has not been recorded, is that it was not followed by any lasting results either for Jesse or David.

Geneva Study Bible

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Samuel 17:57 Parallel Commentaries
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Saul Notices David
55And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell. 56And the king said, Inquire you whose son the stripling is. 57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Samuel 17:54 David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine's weapons in his own tent.
1 Samuel 17:56 The king said, "Find out whose son this young man is."