1 Samuel 17:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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.

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  • 1 Sam 16:10-11 : 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all [thy] children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
  • Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
  • Ruth 4:22 : 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
  • 1 Sam 17:58 : 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, I [am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
  • 1 Chr 2:13-16 : 13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16 Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 ¶ And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
  • Matt 1:6 : 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
  • Luke 3:31-32 : 31 Which was [the son] of Melea, which was [the son] of Menan, which was [the son] of Mattatha, which was [the son] of Nathan, which was [the son] of David, 32 Which was [the son] of Jesse, which was [the son] of Obed, which was [the son] of Booz, which was [the son] of Salmon, which was [the son] of Naasson,
  • Matt 2:1 : 1 ¶ Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
  • Ps 132:6 : 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.

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  • 1 Sam 17:55-58
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    82%

    55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said, [As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

    56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling [is].

    57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

    58 And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, I [am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

  • 1 Sam 17:13-15
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    79%

    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 returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Chr 2:12-14
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    77%

    12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

    13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

    14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

  • 1 Sam 16:18-19
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    18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.

    19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.

  • Ruth 4:22
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    22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

  • 1 Sam 9:1-2
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    1 ¶ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

    2 And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.

  • 1 Sam 16:10-12
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    75%

    10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

    11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all [thy] children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

    12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, [and] withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he.

  • 1 Sam 17:17
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    17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
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    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

  • Matt 1:6
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    6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;

  • 2 Sam 1:13
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    13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    31 ¶ And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed [them] before Saul: and he sent for him.

    32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

    33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
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    1 ¶ Now these [are] they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

  • 1 Chr 29:26
    72%

    26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

  • Judg 17:7
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    7 ¶ And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.

  • 2 Sam 5:16
    72%

    16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

  • 1 Chr 14:7-8
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    71%

    7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

    8 ¶ And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard [of it], and went out against them.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
    71%

    28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? 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 that thou mightest see the battle.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1 ¶ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

  • 1 Chr 8:33
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    33 ¶ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

  • 1 Sam 16:3
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    3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me [him] whom I name unto thee.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
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    23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard [them].

  • 1 Sam 22:9
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    9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

  • 1 Chr 9:39
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    39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

  • 1 Sam 16:6
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    6 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed [is] before him.

  • 2 Sam 2:10
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    10 Ishbosheth Saul's son [was] forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
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    17 ¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  • 2 Sam 3:1
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    1 ¶ Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  • 1 Chr 6:27
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    27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

  • Ruth 4:17
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    17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.

  • 1 Chr 3:8
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    8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
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    16 And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.

  • 2 Sam 21:19
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    19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: