1Sa 17:12 | NET2full | STEP | Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah . He had eight sons , and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years .

‏ 1 Samuel 17:12

12 ^{▼▼tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.} Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. ^{▼▼tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”}