10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

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11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the (A)sheep.”

And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not [a]sit down till he comes here.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:11 So with LXX, Vg.; MT turn around; Tg., Syr. turn away

13 (A)Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, [a]Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, and David the (B)seventh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:13 Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9

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