1 Samuel 17:14

14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,

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1 Samuel 17:14 in Other Translations

KJV

14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

ESV

14 David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,

NLT

14 David was the youngest son. David’s three oldest brothers stayed with Saul’s army,

MSG

14 David was the youngest son. While his three oldest brothers went to war with Saul, David went back and forth from attending to Saul to tending his father's sheep in Bethlehem.

CSB

14 and David was the youngest. The three oldest had 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 17:14 In-Context

12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.

13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.

14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,

15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

1 Samuel 17:14

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1 Samuel 17:14 in Other Translations

1 Samuel 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:14 In-Context