1 Samuele 17:12

12 Or Davide, figliuolo di quell’uomo Efrateo, da Bet-lehem di Giuda, il cui nome era Isai costui avea otto figliuoli, ed al tempo di Saulle era già vecchio, e passava fra gli uomini onorati;

1 Samuele 17:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,
whose name was Jesse Before made mention of, ( 1 Chronicles 16:1 )

and he had eight sons;
seven only are mentioned, ( 1 Chronicles 2:13-15 ) one of them being, as is thought by some, a grandson, perhaps Jonadab the son of Shammah; or was a son by another woman, or died without children, as Jarchi, and therefore not mentioned:

and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul;
the phrase, "among men", either signifies that he was ranked among old men, infirm and unfit for war, and so excused, and his sons went in his room, so Kimchi; or he was reckoned among men of the first rank, men of esteem, credit, and reputation, so Jarchi and R. Isaiah, with which agrees the Targum; or whenever he went abroad, he was attended by many men, had a large retinue, which sense Abarbinel mentions, and is that of Ben Gersom, and agrees with the Talmud ^F20; but the Syriac and Arabic versions read "stricken in years", which seems most agreeable.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 T. Bab. Beracot: fol. 58. 1.

1 Samuele 17:12 In-Context

10 E quel Filisteo diceva: Io ho oggi schernite le schiere d’Israele, dicendo: Datemi un uomo, e noi combatteremo insieme.

11 Ma Saulle e tutti gli Israeliti, avendo udite queste parole del Filisteo, furono spaventati, ed ebbero gran paura.

12 Or Davide, figliuolo di quell’uomo Efrateo, da Bet-lehem di Giuda, il cui nome era Isai costui avea otto figliuoli, ed al tempo di Saulle era già vecchio, e passava fra gli uomini onorati;

13 e i tre figliuoli maggiori d’Isai erano andati dietro a Saulle alla guerra; e i nomi dei tre figliuoli di esso ch’erano andati alla guerra, erano Eliab, il primogenito, e Abinadab, il secondo, e Samma, il terzo; e Davide era il minore;

14 e i tre maggiori seguitavano Saulle;