1 Samuel 17:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite  from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons  and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem  ).

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered, ‘I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man,  a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the Lord is with him.’

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, ‘Whose son are you, young man? ’ ‘The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,’  David answered.

Ruth 4:22

Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

Matthew 2:6

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah: Because out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’  ,

Matthew 1:6

and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon  by Uriah’s wife,

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.’

Matthew 2:1

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin  is from antiquity, from ancient times.

1 Samuel 17:11

When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.

Ruth 1:2

The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi.  The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites  from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the fields of Moab and settled there.

Ruth 4:17

The women of the neighbourhood said, ‘A son has been born to Naomi,’ and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim  in  the hill country of Ephraim.  His name was Elkanah  son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

2 Samuel 23:1

These are the last words of David: The declaration of David son of Jesse, the declaration of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob. This is the most delightful of Israel’s songs.