1 Samuel 17:13
And the three elder sons of Jessae went and followed Saul to the war, and the + 17:13 Gr. name. names of his sons that went to the war were, Eliab his first-born, and his second Aminadab, and his third son Samma.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
14And David himself + 17:14 Gr. is. was the younger son, and the three elder followed Saul.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:8And Jessæ called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.
1 Samuel 17:28And Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke to the men, and Eliab was very angry with David and said, Why hast thou thus come down, and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart, for thou art come down to see the battle.
2 Samuel 13:32And Jonadab the son of Samaa brother of David, answered and said, Let not my lord the king say that he has slain all the young men the sons of the king, for Amnon only of them all is dead; for he was appointed to death by the mouth of Abessalom from the day that he humbled his sister Themar.
1 Chronicles 2:13And Jessæ begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab was the second, Samaa the third,
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 →