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==Life of David== | ==Life of David== | ||
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[[File:David the Shepherd, Elizabeth Jane Gardner.jpg|thumb|200px|''The Shepherd David'' by Elizabeth Jane Gardner, | [[File:David the Shepherd, Elizabeth Jane Gardner.jpg|thumb|200px|''The Shepherd David'' by Elizabeth Jane Gardner, 1895]] | ||
David was born of the tribe of Judah as the great-grandson of [[Ruth]], a Moabite woman, and Boaz, and the youngest son of Jesse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1%3A5-6&version=NIV|title=Matthew 1:5–6|quote= }}</ref> In the [[book of 1 Samuel]], it is said that David had seven elder brothers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+16%3A10-11&version=NIV|title=1 Samuel 16:10–11|quote=}}</ref> However, in the [[book of 1 Chronicles]], only six names (Eliab, Abinadab, Shimea, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem) are mentioned. It is presumed that the name of David’s brother missing in the book of Chronicles was omitted because he was not important at that time, or because he died young. David also had two sisters—Zeruiah and Abigail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+2%3A13-16&version=NIV|title=1 Chronicles 2:13–16|quote=}}</ref><br>The boy David was a shepherd of his father Jesse. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, he went after it and rescued the sheep.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+17%3A34-35&version=NIV|title=1 Samuel 17:34-35|quote=}}</ref> | David was born of the tribe of Judah as the great-grandson of [[Ruth]], a Moabite woman, and Boaz, and the youngest son of Jesse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1%3A5-6&version=NIV|title=Matthew 1:5–6|quote= }}</ref> In the [[book of 1 Samuel]], it is said that David had seven elder brothers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+16%3A10-11&version=NIV|title=1 Samuel 16:10–11|quote=}}</ref> However, in the [[book of 1 Chronicles]], only six names (Eliab, Abinadab, Shimea, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem) are mentioned. It is presumed that the name of David’s brother missing in the book of Chronicles was omitted because he was not important at that time, or because he died young. David also had two sisters—Zeruiah and Abigail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+2%3A13-16&version=NIV|title=1 Chronicles 2:13–16|quote=}}</ref><br>The boy David was a shepherd of his father Jesse. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, he went after it and rescued the sheep.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+17%3A34-35&version=NIV|title=1 Samuel 17:34-35|quote=}}</ref> | ||