1 Samuel 17:14
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But David was the youngest. So the three eldest having followed Saul,

the youngest

1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

Genesis 25:23 And he answering, said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

Context
David Accepts the Challenge
13And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma: 14But David was the youngest. So the three eldest having followed Saul,15David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

1 Samuel 17:15
David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.

Lexicon
And David
וְדָוִ֖ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

was the youngest.
הַקָּטָ֑ן (haq·qā·ṭān)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

The three
וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ (ū·šə·lō·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

oldest
הַגְּדֹלִ֔ים (hag·gə·ḏō·lîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

had followed
הָלְכ֖וּ (hā·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

Saul,
שָׁאֽוּל׃ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites


Additional Translations
And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,And David was the youngest: and the three oldest followed Saul.

And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.

And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.

And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.

And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul,
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