1 Samuel 17:12, 13, 14, 15, 16
1 Samuel 17:12 NIV
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.
1 Samuel 17:13 NIV
Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.
1 Samuel 17:14 NIV
David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul
1 Samuel 17:15 NIV
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 17:16 NIV
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

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