Ephrathite: Genesis 35:19; Psalms 132:6; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:6
eight sons: 1 Samuel 16:10-11; 1 Chronicles 2:13-16
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1 Samuel 17:12
1 Samuel 17:12
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