¹³ And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.

¹³ And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,

⁶ Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

⁸ Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

²⁸ And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

³ But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.

³² And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

²¹ And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.