11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

12 Now David was (A)the son of [a]the (B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and (C)he had eight sons. And [b]Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. 13 The three older sons of Jesse had [c]gone after Saul to the battle. And (D)the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:12 Lit this
  2. 1 Samuel 17:12 Lit the man
  3. 1 Samuel 17:13 Lit gone; they went