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Let David remain here in attendance on me, Saul told Jesse; I like him well. (1 Samuel 16, 22)
And whenever Saul was taken with this evil mood of his, David would fetch his harp, and play; whereupon Saul was comforted and felt easier, till at last the evil mood left him. (1 Samuel 16, 23)
Now turn we to David, son of that Ephrathite of whom we spoke but now. This man, Jesse of Bethlehem-Juda, was father of eight sons, and in Saul’s reign he was well on in years, and passed for an old man. (1 Samuel 17, 12)
David was the youngest; and when his three eldest brothers went into Saul’s service, (1 Samuel 17, 14)
it chanced that Jesse sent his son David on an errand. Here is a bushel of flour, said he, and ten loaves; take them with all speed to thy brethren in the camp; (1 Samuel 17, 17)
so David rose early, leaving a man in charge of the flock, and went off with his load, to do his father’s bidding. When he reached Magala, the army had raised its war-cry and gone out to fight; (1 Samuel 17, 20)
So David left all the gifts he had brought with him in the care of the baggage-master, and ran to the field of battle, to ask how his brethren fared. (1 Samuel 17, 22)
Even as he spoke, out came the champion of the Philistine cause, Goliath, the bastard of Geth; and David heard him repeat his customary challenge. (1 Samuel 17, 23)
And now here was David asking, What reward is there for saving Israel’s honour, by overcoming the Philistines? What, shall an uncircumcised Philistine defy the armies of the living God? (1 Samuel 17, 26)
When his elder brother Eliab overheard the talk, he turned upon David in anger; Why hast thou come here? he asked. Why must that sorry flock of thine go astray in the desert? This is thy old self-conceit, thy old cunning; thou hast come here only to watch the battle! (1 Samuel 17, 28)
Why, what wrong have I done? David asked. Is there not matter here for questioning? (1 Samuel 17, 29)
What David had said was soon noised abroad, till it came to the ears of Saul; (1 Samuel 17, 31)
