1 Samuel 17:12

12 Davi era filho de Jessé, o efrateu de Belém de Judá. Jessé tinha oito filhos e já era idoso na época de Saul.

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 E acrescentou: “Eu desafio hoje as tropas de Israel! Mandem-me um homem para lutar sozinho comigo”.

11 Ao ouvirem as palavras do filisteu, Saul e todos os israelitas ficaram atônitos e apavorados.

12 Davi era filho de Jessé, o efrateu de Belém de Judá. Jessé tinha oito filhos e já era idoso na época de Saul.

13 Os três filhos mais velhos de Jessé tinham ido para a guerra com Saul: Eliabe, o mais velho; Abinadabe, o segundo; e Samá, o terceiro.

14 Davi era o caçula. Os três mais velhos seguiram Saul,