1 Samuel 17:12

17:12 1 Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem 2  in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. 3 

1 Samuel 17:58

17:58 Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” David replied, “I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.” 4 

1 tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.

2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

3 tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”

4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.