1 Samuel 17:13

1 Samuel 17:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Jesse’s three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea—had already joined Saul’s army to fight the Philistines.

Context of 1 Samuel 17:13

11When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. 12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul, 15but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:13 word by word

וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשַׁי֙ הַגְּדֹלִ֔ים הָלְכ֥וּ אַחֲרֵי־שָׁא֖וּל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֣ם׀ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת בָּנָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָלְכוּ֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֱלִיאָ֣ב הַבְּכ֗וֹר וּמִשְׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖י שַׁמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• eldestגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: oldH1419
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay 'îyshay · JesseH3448
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• followedאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• to the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and the namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• that wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• Eliabאֱלִיאָב'ĕlîy'âb · EliabH446
• the firstbornבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• and nextמִשְׁנֶהmishneh · secondH4932
• unto him Abinadabאֲבִינָדָב'ăbîynâdâb · AbinadabH41
• and the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• Shammahשַׁמָּהshammâh · ShammahH8048

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:13

• 1 Samuel 17:28Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle."
• 1 Samuel 16:6When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before him."
• 1 Chronicles 2:13Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
• 2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
• 2 Samuel 21:21And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:13

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:13

• Abinadab
• Armies
• Championship
• Eliab
• Jesse
• Shammah

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings