But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
Then [he] said to Jesse, Are all your sons here? [Jesse] said, There is yet the youngest; he is tending the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send for him; for we will not sit down to eat until he is here.
The Philistine came out morning and evening, presenting himself for forty days.
And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep. And when there came a lion or again a bear and took a lamb out of the flock,
Saul took David that day and would not let him return to his father's house.