1 Samuel 17:12-15

12At this time, David's father Jesse was a very old man. Jesse belonged to the clan of Ephrathah. He came from Bethlehem town in Judah. He had e ight sons.

13Jesse's three oldest sons had joined Saul's army to fight the war. They were Eliab, Jesse's oldest son, his second son, Abinadab, and his third son, Shammah.

14David was Jesse's youngest son. While Jesse's three oldest sons were in Saul's army,

15David would sometimes leave Saul and go back home to Bethlehem. He did that to take care of his father's sheep.