but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he comes here.”
For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.