¹² Now David was the son of an Ephrathite^(A) named Jesse,^(B) who was from Bethlehem^(C) in Judah. Jesse had eight^(D) sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.

³ Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah,^(A) David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.