10 The Philistine said, “I defy the battle lines of Israel this day. Give me a man, and let us fight together.”
11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were filled with terror and were greatly afraid.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah whose name was Jesse, who had eight sons. And the man was old in the days of Saul and advanced in years.
13 The three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14 As for David, he was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,
15 but David would go back and forth from Saul to shepherd his father’s flock in Bethlehem.
16 The Philistine stepped forward morning and evening and took his stand daily for forty days.