¹² Now David was ^(A)the son of ^[a]the ^(B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, the man whose name was Jesse, and ^(C)he had eight sons. And ^[b]Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

³ But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of ^[a](A)Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very clever man.