eight sons. David was now between sixteen and seventeen years old. See note on 1 Samuel 16:5.
men. Hebrew 'enosh. App-14.
for an old man. Septuagint and Syriac read "was old", advanced in years.
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1 Samuel 17:12
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.