Shmuel Alef 17:56

56 And the Melech said, Inquire thou whose ben this elem (young man) is.

Shmuel Alef 17:56 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:56

And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling [is].
] Still the question is the same, being very desirous of knowing of what family he was, for the reason before given, (See Gill on 1 Samuel 17:55).

Shmuel Alef 17:56 In-Context

54 And Dovid took the rosh of the Pelishti, and brought it to Yerushalayim; but he put his kelim (weapons) in his ohel.

55 And when Sha’ul saw Dovid go forth to meet the Pelishti, he said unto Avner, the sar hatzavah, Avner, whose ben is this na’ar? And Avner said, As thy nefesh liveth, O Melech, I cannot tell.

56 And the Melech said, Inquire thou whose ben this elem (young man) is.

57 And as Dovid returned from the slaughter of the Pelishti, Avner took him, and brought him before Sha’ul with the rosh of the Pelishti in his yad.

58 And Sha’ul said to him, Whose ben art thou, na’ar? And Dovid answered, I am the ben avdecha Yishai of Beit-Lechem.