1 Samuel 17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
In Context
15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:11Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31
David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men 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 the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →