Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of BethlehemYhudah, whose name was Yishai; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Yishai the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and YY is with him.
And thou Beit-Lechem, in the land of Yhudah, art not the least among the princes of Yhudah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Yisrael.
And YY said unto Shmuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Yisrael? fill thine shofar with oil, and go, I will send thee to Yishai the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Yhudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Yisrael; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of BethlehemYhudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Oved: he is the father of Yishai, the father of David.
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Efrayim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Yishai said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Yaakov, and the sweet psalmist of Yisrael, said,