1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and advanced in years.
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1 Samuel 17:58
"Whose son are you, young man?" asked Saul. "I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem, " David replied.

1 Samuel 16:1, 18
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself." . . .

Ruth 4:22
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

Matthew 1:6
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah's wife,

Luke 3:31, 32
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, . . .

Ephrathite

Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Psalm 132:6
We heard the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel, whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Matthew 2:1, 6
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, . . .

eight sons

1 Samuel 16:10, 11
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, "The LORD has not chosen any of these." . . .

1 Chronicles 2:13-16
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

King James Bible
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul's reign was already an old man.

International Standard Version
David was the son of that Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons; at the time when Saul was king he was old, having lived to an advanced age.

NET Bible
Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years.
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