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.
Cross References
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Ruth 4:22
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

1 Samuel 16:10
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, "The LORD has not chosen any of these."

1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel asked him, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse replied, "but he is tending the sheep." "Send for him," Samuel replied. "For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives."

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 the LORD is with him."

1 Samuel 17:11
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

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
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

Psalm 132:6
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.


Treasury of Scripture
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.

David



1 Samuel 17:58
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.



1 Samuel 16:1,18
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons…



Ruth 4:22
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

Ephrathite



Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.



Psalm 132:6
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.



Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

eight sons



1 Samuel 16:10,11
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these…



1 Chronicles 2:13-16
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, …


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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