1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 16:10 seven of his sons. Was David the seventh son or the eighth? Jesse had eight sons according to 1 Samuel 17:12. David is listed as “seventh” in 1 Chronicles 2:15, but this may represent the “telescoping” of a genealogy to give David the number of perfection (see notes on 1 Chron. 2:9–17; Matthew 1:17).

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