1 Samuel 17:12-15 ¶ And David was the son of an Ephrathite man of Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons, and this man was old in the days of Saul and of advanced age among men.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² ¶ And David was the son of an Ephrathite man of Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons, and this man was old in the days of Saul and of advanced age among men. ¹³ And the three eldest 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 next unto him Abinadab and the third Shammah. ¹⁴ And David was the youngest, the three eldest having gone after Saul. ¹⁵ But David had gone and returned from being with Saul to feed his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.