David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.
And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.
Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear, and took a ram out of the midst of the flock.