Next Jessemade Shammahpassby. And he said,"The LORDhas not chosenthisoneeither."
But Amnonhad a friendwhose namewas Jonadab,the sonof Shimeah,David'sbrother;and Jonadabwas a veryshrewdman.
Ben-abinadab,[in] allthe heightof Dor(Taphaththe daughterof Solomonwas his wife);
and Jessebecamethe fatherof Eliabhis firstborn,then Abinadabthe second,Shimeathe third,
Thus Jessemade sevenof his sonspassbeforeSamuel.But Samuelsaidto Jesse,"The LORDhas not chosenthese."
The threeoldersonsof Jessehad goneafterSaulto the battle.And the namesof his threesonswhowentto the battlewere Eliabthe firstborn,and the secondto him Abinadab,and the thirdShammah.
