1Sa 17:12-15, 28, 2Sa 7:8, 1Ch 17:7, Psa 78:70-71 | ESV | STEP | Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah , named Jesse , who had eight sons . In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years .

1 Samuel 17:12-15

12 Now David was ^athe son of an ^bEphrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, ^cnamed Jesse, ^dwho 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 ^fthe names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 ^gDavid was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul ^hto feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:28

28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

2 Samuel 7:8

8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ⁱI took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:7

7 Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel,

Psalms 78:70-71

70 He ^kchose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from ^lfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to ^mshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his ⁿinheritance.