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1 Samuel 17:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 17:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged, and greatly afraid.
12 ¶ Now this David was the (A)son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse, which had eight sons: and [a]this man was taken for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to battle were Eliab the eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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- 1 Samuel 17:12 Or, he was counted among them that bare office.
1 Samuel 17:11-13
New International Version
1 Samuel 17:11-13
New International Version
11 On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
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. 13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab;(E) the second, Abinadab;(F) and the third, Shammah.(G)
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