Study it in the app“Now David was the son of that Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years among men.”
Now Davidוְדָוִדwas the sonבֶּןof thatהַזֶּהEphrathiteאֶפְרָתִיmanאִישׁfrom Bethlehemמִבֵּית לֶחֶםof Judah,יְהוּדָהwhose nameוּשְׁמוֹwas Jesse,יִשַׁיand he hadוְלוֹeightשְׁמֹנָהsons;בָנִיםand the manוְהָאִישׁin the daysבִּימֵיof Saulשָׁאוּלwas old,זָקֵןadvanced in yearsבָּאamong men.בַאֲנָשִׁים
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsEphrathite
From the old name of Bethlehem.
Where else “efrati” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsBethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsJesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appearseight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsgrow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears“Ephrathite”: from Ephrathah, another name for the area of Bethlehem (Ruth 1:2). The end says literally “had come among the men”; it is understood that he was already very old.
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
11Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12 · This verse (above)
13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone; they had followed Saul to the war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
