1 Samuel 17:12

12 Isaí envía a David al campamento de Saúl
Ahora bien, David era hijo de un hombre llamado Isaí, un efrateo de Belén, en la tierra de Judá. En ese tiempo Isaí era anciano y tenía ocho hijos.

1 Samuel 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 Samuel 17:12 In-Context

10 ¡Hoy desafío a los ejércitos de Israel! ¡Envíenme a un hombre que me enfrente!».

11 Cuando Saúl y los israelitas lo escucharon, quedaron aterrados y profundamente perturbados.

12 Isaí envía a David al campamento de Saúl
Ahora bien, David era hijo de un hombre llamado Isaí, un efrateo de Belén, en la tierra de Judá. En ese tiempo Isaí era anciano y tenía ocho hijos.

13 Sus tres hijos mayores —Eliab, Abinadab y Simea—
ya se habían unido al ejército de Saúl para pelear contra los filisteos.

14 David era el menor de los hijos. Sus tres hermanos mayores se quedaron con el ejército de Saúl,