1Sa 16:10-11, 17:12-14 | ESV | STEP | And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel . And Samuel said to Jesse , The Lord has not chosen these .

1 Samuel 16:10-11

10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, ^a“There remains yet the youngest, ^{▼▼Or smallest} but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, ^c“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

1 Samuel 17:12-14

12 Now David was ^dthe son of an ^eEphrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, ^fnamed Jesse, ^gwho had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew advanced among men} 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And ⁱthe names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 ^jDavid was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,