Is there a reference in the Bible to a young King David protecting his lamb?

Question

There is apparently a painting of him doing this, but I don't remember reading about it in the Bible. Can you give me a verse that refers to this? Thank you

Answer 1

1 Samuel 17:34-36

Answer 2

The painting must be a representation of The Good Shepherd, not the young King David. It is found in the Book of John where Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." - John 10:11

It is an allegorical representation of how Jesus would do anything and everything to save even just one lost sheep from going astray from the 99 obedient ones, so that the Wolf or the Evil One will not attack the lost sheep and be lost forever.

There was this ancient sheperding practice that in order to "discipline" the straying sheep or lamb from going too far thus posing more danger to himself, the Good Shepherd breaks one of its hind legs and bandages it back to health.

This is also symbolic when people try to go their own ways and something terrible happens to them as a sort of "reminder" or a "leash" of not getting too far. This is why the Good Shepherd has to carry the lame lamb back to the flock. Over time, they have created a bonding so close that the straying sheep will never go far from the Good Shepherd again.

On the other hand, David had been a shepherd boy before he bacame King. His prophesies are found in the Book of Psalms.

Answer 3

In the 17th chapter of I Samuel and verse 34, David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
God wants His shepherds to save the sheep, regardless what he has to be called and what he has to go through: save them sheep. Then He seen that David was gallant over this bear, so He just raised the power of the animal a little greater, and He sent a lion in and took one of the lambs, and a lion is a fierce animal.
Now, what will a slingshot do? Oooh, my, there's a big roaring lion with a lamb. And he loves the lamb, so he's run off with the lamb; but David took the slingshot and went after him.
David had to come and deliver the lamb out of the lion's mouth, kill Goliath.
How little David, way back on the backside of the desert, little, ruddy, stoop-shouldered fellow herding his sheep out there for his father, one day a bear come in and got a lamb, and he took off after him, and took his little slingshot and killed the bear.
And so when the bear caught the little lamb and it started crying, David, all at once, remembered that the God that made the mountain was his God. So he puts a rock in his little slingshot and went after this big grizzly, and he struck the grizzly, and down he went. Then when he come back, he was happy because he'd won the victory.

Answer 4

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE BIBLE IS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LITERALLY, IF YOU STUDY OR TAKE UP THEOLOGY, YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE BIBLE IS A MYTH THAT CONTAINS LESSONS AND UNIVERSAL TRUTHS. THE LAMB IS A SUMBOLISM FOR US GOD'S CHILDREN.








TRY READING THE LAMB BY WILLIAM BLAKE. ITS LIKE A NURSERY RHYME AT FIRST GLANCE BUT BENEATHE THE SURFACE, A MESSAGE IS BEING STATED, TRY RESEARCHING IT N THE INTERNET.










IF YOU HAVE TIME WHY NOT READ THE TYGER/TIGER BY WILLIAM BLAKE AS WELL AND THEN TRY INTERPRETING IT.

Answer 5

I don't have my Bible in front of me, but in the OT story of the annointing of David as king, he is portrayed as the most responsible and dedicated of all of his sibling shepherds. Read the whole passage, he is brought in from tending his sheep after his brothers are all passed over for the annointing.

Answer 6

Patriot,
While I cannot give you the verse, I do recall, that there is mention of David, killing a bear, or lion, with his bare hands(no pun intended), to protect his flock. As I recall, he was quite young when he did so.

Answer 7

Just before the famous battle with Goliath.