King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 17:13
“And the three eldest sons of Jesse went [and] followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
11
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12
Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.
13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went [and] followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14
And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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