1 Samuel 17:14
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.
13 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.
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.
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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
- And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
- KJV
- And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
- WEB
- David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
- ASV
- And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
- DARBY
- And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.
- BLB
- And David was the youngest, and the three oldest followed Saul.
- ÅB
- David var den yngste. De tre eldste hadde fulgt Saul,
- OTB
- David var den yngste. De tre eldste hadde gått etter Saul,
- B1930
- David var den yngste. De tre eldste hadde fulgt Saul,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
Read in contextGenesis 25:23
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
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