David was the youngest of seven sons (or he had seven brothers)
Our bible verses today are showing a slightly difference in David’s immediate family:
he was either Jesse’s seventh son, or his eighth ).
(1 Samuel 16:8-10) says that Jesse had 8 sons and David was the 8th.
(1 Chronicles 2:13-15) says Jesse had 7 sons and Divid was number 7.
*1 Chronicles written between 400 and 250 BC,
(1 Chronicles 2:13-15)
"¶ And Jesse begat his
firstborn Eliab, and
Abinadab the second, and
Shimma the third, {14}
Nethaneel the fourth,
Raddai the fifth, {15}
Ozem the sixth,
David the seventh:"
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I Samuel written about 550 BC
(1 Samuel 16:8-10)
"Then Jesse called
Abinadab, and made him
pass before Samuel. And
he said, Neither hath the
LORD chosen this. {9}
Then Jesse made
Shammah to pass by. And
he said, Neither hath the
1st.
King David's first six brothers
are listed in
(1 Chronicles 2:13-15😊
Eliab, Abinadab, Shimea,
Nethanel, Raddai and Ozem.
His other brother is not named
anywhere in the Bible.
LORD chosen this. {10}
Again, Jesse made
seven of his sons to
pass before Samuel. And
Samuel said unto Jesse,
The LORD hath not chosen
these."
2nd.
In (1 Chronicles 27:18)
we learn that David had a
brother named Elihu which
may be the name of his seventh
brother,
or which may simply be a
variant form of "Eliab."
3rd.
Notice that many times, in the Bible, the
same name will be spelled differently
Shammah (1 Samuel 17:13
Shimeah (2 Samuel 13:3)
you may need to study the whole verse
to find out to whom the name is
referring
4th.
If his seventh brother is not
named in the genealogies, it
may be because he died
without children.
Oh NO! what does this mean?
Does the Bible have mistakes?
If we EVER accept the assumption that the bible
contains even one little error,
then the bible automatically, loses its authority as the Word
of God.
If the Bible is not 100% accurate (even regarding matters of
history and science) then it becomes 100% untrustworthy.
“Without inerrancy the Bible cannot be infallible”,
and
“without infallibility the bible cannot be trusted as the
reliable record of an Almighty God.”
2. The Bible says about itself that it is 100% inspired
and authoritative. See (2 Timothy 3:16-17}.
Jesus consistently recognized all Scripture as being both
reliable and authoritative. See
(Luke 16:17, Matthew 5:18, and John 10:35).
So what is our conclusion? There will almost always be an
explanation for differences in the Word: we can use our
common since and continue to look for answers as we study the
Bible. So remember this question as you study.
1.
3.
4.
God
Breathed
able to be
trusted as
being accurate
or true;
reliable.
meaning it
cannot be wrong