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.