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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.