Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, “Nor has the Lord chosen this one.”
Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,
Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.”
Ben-Abinadab—in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon);