10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

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10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

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12 Now David was (A)the son of an (B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, (C)named Jesse, (D)who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:12 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew advanced among men

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.

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14 (A)David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,

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14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,

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