Quotes about Family
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
— 1 Samuel 2:20
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
— 1 Samuel 2:23
One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
— 1 Samuel 9:3
Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
— 1 Samuel 10:14
“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
— 1 Samuel 10:15
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).
— 1 Samuel 14:49
His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
— 1 Samuel 14:50
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
— 1 Samuel 14:51
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
— 1 Samuel 16:10
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
— 1 Samuel 17:12
And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
— 1 Samuel 17:14
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
— 1 Samuel 17:17