10. And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”
11. When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12. Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
13. The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14. David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,
15. but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16. For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
17. And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers.