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11 When Saul and his men heard this, they were terrified.

David in Saul's Camp

12 David was the son of Jesse, who was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and at the time Saul was king, he was already a very old man.[a] 13 His three oldest sons had gone with Saul to war. The oldest was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:12 Some ancient translations a very old man; Hebrew unclear.

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