1 Samuel 17:12-15

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  17:13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the ⁴  three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest, and Shammah, the third oldest. 17:14 Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul, 17:15 David was going back and forth ⁵  from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:28

17:28 When David’s ⁶  oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry ⁷  with David and said, “Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! ⁸  You have come down here to watch the battle!”

[17:12]  ¹ tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.

[17:12]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:12]  ³ tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”

[17:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.”

[17:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “was going and returning.”

[17:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “his”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “the anger of Eliab became hot.”

[17:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “the wickedness of your heart.”