Kommentar zu Schemuel I 17:12
וְדָוִד֩ בֶּן־אִ֨ישׁ אֶפְרָתִ֜י הַזֶּ֗ה מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י וְל֖וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וְהָאִישׁ֙ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל זָקֵ֖ן בָּ֥א בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃
Nun war David der Sohn dieses Ephrathiters von Beth-Lehem in Juda, dessen Name Jesse war; und er hatte acht Söhne; und der Mann war ein alter Mann in den Tagen Sauls, in Jahren unter Männern geschlagen.
Rashi on I Samuel
Ephrathite. Beis Lechem is located in the land of Ephros.5See Bereishis 35:19.
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Rashi on I Samuel
And he had eight sons. And that which is stated, 'Otzem, the sixth, Dovid the seventh,'6I Divrei Hayomim 2:15. and no more is stated. This may be reconciled that one died childless and therefore, he was not mentioned there.
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Rashi on I Samuel
Among the elders. Counted in the gatherings of important people.7 See Maseches Berachos 58a, which states that wherever Yishay went he was accompanied by a large crowd.
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