David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
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David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
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And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
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And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. —
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 17:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 16:11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
- Genesis 25:23 Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 17:14 And David [was] the youngest: and the…
1Sa 17:14 And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
Ver. 14. And David was the youngest.] Yet second to none of them in valour; which yet he is not too forward to put forth, till fairly called to it. One would have thought that Jesse, who knew of David’s anointing, should have sent him above all the rest of his sons to the wars. But God had a holy hand in all.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And David was the youngest,.... For the sake of…
And David was the youngest,.... For the sake of whom this account is given of Jesse and his family, and who after this makes a considerable figure in the camp and court of Saul:
and the three eldest followed Saul; as before related, and which is repeated, that it might be observed that they only of Jesse's sons followed Saul; not David particularly, but who was providentially sent to the army at the time the Philistine was defying it.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The three oldest
The three oldest
The implied information is that these are the sons of Jesse. AT: "The three oldest sons of Jesse" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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For forty days
"For 40 days" (See: Numbers)
to present himself for battle
"to show that he was ready to fight"
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David
Saul (OT)
ancestor
ewe
Bethlehem
Philistines
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