12 Now David was the son of the Ephrathitei from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sonsj and during Saul’s reign was already an old man. 13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their namesk were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third, 14 and David was the youngest.l The three oldest had followed Saul, 15 but David kept going back and forth from Saulm to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem.