1 Samuel 17:12

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

Forsooth David was the son of a man of Ephrath, of whom it is said before, of Bethlehem of Judah, to whom the name was Jesse, and he had eight sons; and in the days of Saul, Jesse was an old man, and of great age among men.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Therefore Rachel died, and was buried in the way that leadeth to Ephratah, that is Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 23:1

Forsooth these be the last words, which David, the son of Jesse, said. The words that the man said, to whom it is ordained of Christ, of the God of Jacob, the noble psalm-maker of Israel;

Psalm 132:6

Lo! we heard that the ark of the testament is in Ephratah [or we have heard of it in Ephratah]; we found it in the fields of the wood.

Micah 5:2

And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, art little in the thousands of Judah; he that is the lordly governor in Israel shall go out of thee to me; and the going out of him is from [the] beginning, from days of everlastingness.

Matthew 1:6

Jesse begat David the king. David the king begat Solomon, of her that was Uriah’s wife.

Matthew 2:1

Therefore when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of king Herod, lo! astronomers, [or kings, or wise men], came from the east to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:6

And thou, Bethlehem, the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah; for of thee a duke shall go out, that shall govern my people Israel.

Ruth 1:2

He was called Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one was called Mahlon, and the tother Chilion, they were Ephrathites of Bethlehem of Judah; and they entered into the country of Moab, and they dwelled there.

Ruth 4:17

And [the] women neighbours thanked her or joyed together with her, and said, A son is born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed. This is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:22

Obed begat Jesse; Jesse begat David the king.

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man of Ramathaim in Zophim, of the hill of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, son of Elihi, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long bewailest thou Saul, since I have cast him away, that he reign not upon Israel; fill thine horn with oil, and come, that I send thee to Jesse of Bethlehem; for among his sons I have purveyed a king to me.

1 Samuel 16:18

And one of his children answered and said, Lo! I saw a son of Jesse of Bethlehem, knowing how to sing, and most strong man, and a man able to battle, and prudent in words, and a fair man; and the Lord is with him.

1 Samuel 17:11

Soothly Saul and all men of Israel heard such words of the Philistine, and they were astonied, and dreaded greatly.

1 Samuel 17:58

And Saul said to him, Of what generation art thou, young man? And David said, I am the son of thy servant, Jesse of Bethlehem.