When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.”
Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.
Ben-Abinadab—in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon);
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,
over Judah: Elihu, a brother of David; over Issachar: Omri son of Michael;
“Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one with the bearing of a prince.”
Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.
David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.