17:12 1 Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem 2 in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. 3
[17:12] 1 tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.
[17:12] 2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
[17:12] 3 tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”
