1 Samuel 17:58
And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? and David said, The son of your servant Jessae the Bethleemite.
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1 Samuel 16:18And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae the Bethleemite, and + 16:18 Gr. him understanding. he understands playing on the harp, and the man is prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man is handsome, and the Lord is with him.
2 Samuel 2:32And they take up Asael, and bury him in the tomb of his father in Bethleem. And Joab and the men with him went all the night, and the morning rose upon them in Chebron.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:49-58
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51… Read the whole commentary →