1 Samuel 17:14

14 David was the youngest. Jesse's three oldest sons followed Saul,

1 Samuel 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:14

And David was the youngest
For the sake of whom this account is given of Jesse and his family, and who after this makes a considerable figure in the camp and court of Saul:

and the three eldest followed Saul;
as before related, and which is repeated, that it might be observed that they only of Jesse's sons followed Saul; not David particularly, but who was providentially sent to the army at the time the Philistine was defying it.

1 Samuel 17:14 In-Context

12 Now David was the son of Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul's time Jesse was an old man.

13 His three oldest sons followed Saul to the war. The first son was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

14 David was the youngest. Jesse's three oldest sons followed Saul,

15 but David went back and forth from Saul to Bethlehem, where he took care of his father's sheep.

16 For forty days the Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army.