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NASB | 1 Samuel 17:12 ¶ Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 17:12 ¶ Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. |
Bible Question:
There are those who search the Scriptures for discrepencies to satisfy their "own" reasoning or have an "excuse." See: http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1990/4/4contr90.html Included here is one example. Was wondering if anyone has an answer. (Col. 4:6) Thanks. Concerning the eight sons of Jesse, 1 Chronicles 2:13-15 does indeed only list and specify seven sons. Whereas 1 Samuel 17:12 and 2 Samuel 16:10-11 specify eight. I Chronicles 2:13-15 in listing the sons of Jesse says that David was the seventh. Yet I Samuel 16:10-11 states that David was Jesse's eighth son: "And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep." |
Bible Answer: Hello Gkellyser, The discrepency that you are speaking of is no discrepency at all. After doing some research I have found that if you look at the Hebrew word for "son" which is "ben" you will find this which comes from the Strongs Concordance, 01121 ben (bane) from 01129; TWOT - 254; n m AV - son 2978, children 1568, old 135, first 51, man 20, young 18, young 01241 17, child 10, stranger 10, people 5, misc 92; 4906 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class After looking this up I discovered that in every scripture that you have in question ( and a lot more I might add ) uses this word. Notice that it is also used in reference to grandchildren. Interestingly enough if you read 2 Sam 13:3 you will find that Jesse's third son Shimeah had a son and his name was Jonadab. It was true that Jesse had only begot seven sons with David being the seventh as recorded in 1 Chronicles 2:13-15 but keep in mind the above information when reading 1 and 2 Samuel. I hope this has helped. Raven |
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