1 Samuel 17:14

But, as for David, he, was the youngest,—and, the three eldest, followed Saul;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

In Context

13And the three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle,—and, the names of his three sons who went into the battle, were Eliab the firstborn, and, the next to him, Abinadab, and, the third, Shammah.

15whereas, David, kept going and returning from Saul,—to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:11Then said Samuel unto Jesse—Are these all the young men? And he said—There yet remaineth, the youngest, but lo! he is tending the sheep. Then said Samuel unto Jesse—Do, send, and summon him, for we cannot sit round, until he cometh in hither.

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 →

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