The son of that Ephrathite, i.e. of the man of Ephratah, or Beth-lehem, Genesis 35:19. He had eight sons: see on 1 Samuel 16:10.
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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.