1 Samuel 17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
And Dauid was the yongest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
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- 1 Samuel 16:11Rank 1 from verse 14
11And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
11And Samuel saide vnto Iesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the yongest, and behold, he keepeth the sheepe. And Samuel said vnto Iesse, *Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit †downe, till hee come hither.
- Genesis 25:23Rank 2 from verse 14
23And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
23And the LORD said vnto her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and the one people shalbe stronger then the other people: and *the elder shall serue the yonger.
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1 Samuel 17:14
Having the least age; the least old among the persons compared.
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Oldest, especially the firstborn among siblings.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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13And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
13And the three eldest sonnes of Iesse went, and followed Saul to the battell: and the names of his three sonnes that went to the battell, were, Eliab the first borne, and next vnto him, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah.
14And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
14And Dauid was the yongest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
Selected passage15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
15But Dauid went, and returned from Saul, to feed his fathers sheepe at Bethlehem.