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JPS Old Testament

1 Samuel 17:14

And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.--

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Championship;   Jesse;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   David;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goliath;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Giant;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Goliath ;   Jesse ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Goliath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Goliath;   Jesse;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
Hebrew Names Version
David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Sha'ul.
King James Version
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
Lexham English Bible
Now David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,
English Standard Version
David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,
New Century Version
David was the youngest. Jesse's three oldest sons followed Saul,
New English Translation
Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,
Amplified Bible
David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,
New American Standard Bible
So David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Dauid was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul.
Legacy Standard Bible
But David was the youngest. Now the three oldest had gone after Saul,
Complete Jewish Bible
David was the youngest; the three oldest followed Sha'ul.
Darby Translation
And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.
Easy-to-Read Version
David was the youngest son. The three oldest sons were in Saul's army,
George Lamsa Translation
And David was the youngest;
Good News Translation
David was the youngest son, and while the three oldest brothers stayed with Saul,
Literal Translation
And David was the youngest. And the three eldest had gone after Saul.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Dauid was the yongest of all. So whan the thre eldest were gone with Saul to the battayll,
American Standard Version
And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
Bible in Basic English
And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid was the leaste. And the three eldest, went after Saul.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid was the yongest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
English Revised Version
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
Berean Standard Bible
And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid was the leeste. Therfor while thre grettere sueden Saul, Dauid yede,
Young's Literal Translation
And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul,
Update Bible Version
And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
World English Bible
David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
New King James Version
David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.
New Living Translation
David was the youngest son. David's three oldest brothers stayed with Saul's army,
New Life Bible
David was the youngest. The three oldest sons followed Saul.
New Revised Standard
David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, as for David, he, was the youngest, - and, the three eldest, followed Saul;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But David was the youngest. So the three eldest having followed Saul,
Revised Standard Version
David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,

Contextual Overview

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.-- 15 Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.-- 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren. 18 And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge; 19 now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, are in the vale 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 barricade, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 21 And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the youngest: 1 Samuel 16:11, Genesis 25:23

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.'
Genesis 17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, that is not of thy seed.
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:21
But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.'
Genesis 17:24
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Exodus 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; howbeit the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:19
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land.
Exodus 30:33
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'
Exodus 30:38
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David was the youngest,.... For the sake of whom this account is given of Jesse and his family, and who after this makes a considerable figure in the camp and court of Saul:

and the three eldest followed Saul; as before related, and which is repeated, that it might be observed that they only of Jesse's sons followed Saul; not David particularly, but who was providentially sent to the army at the time the Philistine was defying it.


 
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