28. When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him talking to the soldiers, he got very mad at David. "Why did you come down here?" he said. "Who is watching those few sheep for you in the wilderness? I know how arrogant you are and your devious plan: you came down just to see the battle!"
29. "What did I do wrong this time?" David replied. "It was just a question!"
30. So David turned to someone else and asked the same thing, and the people said the same thing in reply.
31. The things David had said were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
32. "Don’t let anyone lose courage because of this Philistine!" David told Saul. "I, your servant, will go out and fight him!"
33. "You can’t go out and fight this Philistine," Saul answered David. "You are still a boy. But he’s been a warrior since he was a boy!"
34. "Your servant has kept his father’s sheep," David replied to Saul, “and if ever a lion or a bear came and carried off one of the flock,