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1 Samuel 17:14

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

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:12

    Now 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.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:13

    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.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:15

    But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.

  4. 1 Samuel 17:16

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

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