but David would go back and forth from Saul to shepherd his father’s flock in Bethlehem.
Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all your young men?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, there he is shepherding the flock.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
The Philistine stepped forward morning and evening and took his stand daily for forty days.
David said to Saul, “Your servant was a shepherd for my father’s flock, and the lion came and the bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.
And Saul took him that day and would not permit him to return home to his father’s house.