Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.