1 Samuel 17:56

56 The king said, "Find out whose son this boy is.

1 Samuel 17:56 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:56

And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling [is].
] Still the question is the same, being very desirous of knowing of what family he was, for the reason before given, (See Gill on 1 Samuel 17:55).

1 Samuel 17:56 In-Context

54 David took the head of the P'lishti and brought it to Yerushalayim, but he put the armor of the P'lishti in his tent.

55 When Sha'ul saw David go out to fight the P'lishti, he said to Avner, the army's commander, "Avner, whose son is this boy?""By your life, O king," Avner replied, "I don't know."

56 The king said, "Find out whose son this boy is.

57 David returned from killing the P'lishti, Avner took him and brought him to Sha'ul with the head of the P'lishti in his hand.

58 Sha'ul asked him, "Young man, whose son are you?" David answered, "I am the son of your servant Yishai the Beit-Lachmi."