¹² Now David was the son of Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul’s time Jesse was an old man [16:1–13]. ¹³ His three oldest sons followed Saul to the war. The ·first [^Lfirstborn] son was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah. ¹⁴ David was the youngest. Jesse’s three oldest sons ·followed [remained with] Saul,

²⁵ They said, “·Look at [^LHave you seen…?] this man! He keeps coming out to ·challenge [defy] Israel. The king will give ·much money [a great reward; great wealth] to whoever kills him. He will also let whoever kills him marry his daughter. And his father’s family will ·not have to pay taxes [be made free] in Israel.”