11. When Saul and his men heard this, they were terrified.
12. David was the son of Jesse, who was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and at the time Saul was king, he was already a very old man.
13. His three eldest sons had gone with Saul to war. The eldest was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14. David was the youngest son, and while the three eldest brothers stayed with Saul,
15. David would go back to Bethlehem from time to time, to take care of his father's sheep.
16. Goliath challenged the Israelites every morning and evening for forty days.
17. One day Jesse said to David, “Take ten kilogrammes of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and hurry with them to your brothers in the camp.
18. And take these ten cheeses to the commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are getting on and bring back something to show that you saw them and that they are well.
19. King Saul, your brothers, and all the other Israelites are in the Valley of Elah fighting the Philistines.”
20. David got up early the next morning, left someone else in charge of the sheep, took the food, and went as Jesse had told him to. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelites were going out to their battle line, shouting the war cry.
21. The Philistine and the Israelite armies took up positions for battle, facing each other.
22. David left the food with the officer in charge of the supplies, ran to the battle line, went to his brothers, and asked how they were getting on.
23. As he was talking to them, Goliath came forward and challenged the Israelites as he had done before. And David heard him.
24. When the Israelites saw Goliath, they ran away in terror.