1 Samuel 17:12-14

New English Translation

^12 [a] Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.^{[b] 13} Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the^[c] three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest; and Shammah, the third oldest. ¹⁴ Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,