1 Samuel 17:12
10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
11 On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
13 The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14 And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
- KJV
- Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- WEB
- Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
- ASV
- Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
- DARBY
- Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Judah whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was old in the days of Saul, advanced [in years] among men.
- BLB
- And David [was] the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem [in] Judah, and his name [was] Jesse. And [were] to him eight sons among men. In the days of Saul he had become aged among men.
- ÅB
- David var en sønn av den før omtalte efratitt fra Betlehem i Juda som hette Isai, og som hadde åtte sønner. Denne mann var i Sauls dager gammel og avfeldig.
- OTB
- Nå var David sønn av efratitten fra Betlehem i Juda, som het Isai. Han hadde åtte sønner, og i Sauls tid var han allerede gammel og langt oppe i årene.
- B1930
- David var en sønn av den før omtalte efratitt fra Betlehem i Juda som hette Isai, og som hadde åtte sønner. Denne mann var i Sauls dager gammel og avfeldig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Read in context1 Samuel 16:10–11
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
Read in context1 Samuel 16:18
One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
Read in contextRuth 4:22
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:58
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:13–16
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
Read in contextMatthew 2:6
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
Read in contextLuke 3:31–32
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
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