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1 Samuel 17:14

1 Samuel 17:14 is verse 14 of 1 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

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King James Version

And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

World English Bible

David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.

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1 Samuel 17:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

13 The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

14 And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 16:11

And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

Genesis 25:23

and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

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