1Sa 17:12 | NETfull | STEP | Now David was the son of this 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 ^{▼▼ Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12–31.} Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem ^{▼▼ For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.} in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. ^{▼▼ The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”}