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1 Samuel 17:14 Meaning

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

Context Explained

12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-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.

13And 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.

14And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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Source: 1 Samuel 17:14