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