Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

1 Samuel 17:13

AbinadabEliabJesseSaulShammah

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

12 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.

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

Read the whole chapter

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
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
KJV
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
WEB
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
ASV
And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
DARBY
And the three eldest of the sons of Jesse had gone and followed Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
BLB
And the three oldest the sons of Jesse had gone to follow after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
ÅB
Isais tre eldste sønner hadde draget ut og fulgt Saul i krigen; og av disse hans tre sønner som hadde draget i krigen, hette den førstefødte Eliab, den annen Abinadab og den tredje Samma.
OTB
De tre eldste sønnene til Isai hadde fulgt Saul til slaget. Navnene på hans tre sønner som gikk til slaget var Eliab, den førstefødte, Abinadab den andre, og Sjamma den tredje.
B1930
Isais tre eldste sønner hadde draget ut og fulgt Saul i krigen; og av disse hans tre sønner som hadde draget i krigen, hette den førstefødte Eliab, den annen Abinadab og den tredje Samma.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 2:13

    And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

    Read in context

  • 2 Samuel 21:21

    And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

    Read in context

  • 1 Samuel 17:28

    And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

    Read in context

  • 2 Samuel 13:3

    But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

    Read in context

  • 1 Samuel 16:6–9

    And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.

    Read in context

  • 2 Samuel 13:32

    And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

    Read in context