REFERENCE

DAVID'S SIBLINGS

I Samuel 16:6, 17:27

[16:6] And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. [17:28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. [(1) Eliab, the eldest (son) of Jesse]

I Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. [(2) Abinadab (son) of Jesse]

I Samuel 16:9, II Samuel 21:21, I Chronicles 20:7

[I Samuel 16:9] Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. [II Samuel 21:21] And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. [1Chronicles 20:7] But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. [(3) Shammah (son), also called Shimeah (II Samuel 21:21), Shimea (I Chronicles 20:7), and Shimma (I Chronicles 2:13) below]

I Chronicles 2:13

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

I Chronicles 2:14

Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, [(4) Nethaneel (son) & (5) Raddai (son) of Jesse]

I Chronicles 2:15

Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: [(6) Ozem (son) of Jesse]

I Chronicles 2:16

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. [ (7) Zeruiah (David's sister) & (8) David's other sister Abigail (daughter) of Jesse]