But David answered Saul, saying, “Who am I? My family is not important enough for me to become the king’s son-in-law.”
Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord. David said, “Lord God, who am I? What is my family? Why did you bring me to this point?
Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, Solomon’s daughter.)
But Moses said to God, “I am not a great man! How can I go to the king and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?”
Respect for the Lord will teach you wisdom. If you want to be honored, you must be humble.
Proud people will be ruined, but the humble will be honored.
Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”
Then Ruth bowed low with her face to the ground and said to him, “I am not an Israelite. Why have you been so kind to notice me?”
Saul’s servants said these words to David, but David answered, “Do you think it is easy to become the king’s son-in-law? I am poor and unimportant.”
Saul answered, “But I am from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel. And my family group is the smallest in the tribe of Benjamin. Why are you saying such things?”