1 Samuel 17:58 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:58

“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

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ASV

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

KJV

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth–lehemite.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Saul said unto him, whose son art thou, thou young man?.... Still the question was such as did not necessarily imply ignorance of his person, but of his family: and David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite; which doubtless refreshed the memory of Saul, and he quickly called to mind who he was. This interview was very probably at Gibeah of Saul, which was the place of his birth and residence, 1Sa 10:26, and where he kept his court, and to which he returned after the above victory was obtained.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whose son art thou, thou young man? - That Saul should not know David with whom he had treated a little before, and even armed him for the combat, and that he should not know who his father was, though he had sent to his father for permission to David to reside constantly with him, (1Sa 16:22), is exceedingly strange! I fear all Bishop Warburton’s attempts to rectify the chronology by assumed anticipations, will not account for this.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Saul . . . said unto Abner . . . whose son is this youth?--A young man is more spoken of in many Eastern countries by his father's name than his own. The growth of the beard, and other changes on a now full-grown youth, prevented the king from recognizing his former favorite minstrel [1Sa 16:23].

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָיו֙	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
בֶּן־	ben-	son of	H1121 →
מִ֥י	mi	whom?	H4310 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	[are] you	H859 →
הַנָּ֑עַר	ha.Na.'ar	O youth	H5288 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בֶּֽן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עַבְדְּךָ֥	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
יִשַׁ֖י	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] Beth-	H1022 →
הַלַּחְמִֽי׃	ha.lach.Mi	<the> -lehemite	H1022 →

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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.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:10–11
  Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
- Genesis 35:19
  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- 1 Samuel 16:18
  One 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…
- Ruth 4:22
  Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
- 1 Chronicles 2:13–16
  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 1 Samuel