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1 Samuel 17:12

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.

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ASV

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.

KJV

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְדָוִד֩ve.da.Vidand DavidH1732 →
בֶּן־ben-[was] a son ofH1121 →
אִ֨ישׁ'isha manH376 →
אֶפְרָתִ֜י'ef.ra.Tian EphrathiteH673 →
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom Beth-H1035 →
לֶ֙חֶם֙le.chem-lehemH1035 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.Moand name hisH8034 →
יִשַׁ֔יyi.Shai[was] JesseH3448 →
וְל֖וֹve.Loand [belonged] to <the> him
שְׁמֹנָ֣הshe.mo.NaheightH8083 →
בָנִ֑יםva.NimsonsH1121 →
וְהָאִישׁ֙ve.ha.'Ishand the manH376 →
בִּימֵ֣יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117 →
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
זָקֵ֖ןza.Kenhe was oldH2204 →
בָּ֥אba'he had goneH935 →
בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃va.'a.na.Shimamong menH582 →

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1 Samuel 16:10–11Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).1 Samuel 16:18One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”Ruth 4:22Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.1 Samuel 17:58“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.1 Chronicles 2:13–16Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,Luke 3:31–32the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.Psalms 132:6We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,Genesis 48:7Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).2 Chronicles 11:6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,1 Kings 11:26Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,Luke 2:4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

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