9. If he is able to fight with me and he defeats me, then we will be your servants; but if I prevail over him and defeat him, then you will be our servants and you will serve us.”
10. Then the Philistine said, “I hereby defy the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so that we may fight each other!”
11. When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and very afraid.
12. Now David was the son of an Ephrathite. This man was from Bethlehem of Judah, and his name was Jesse. He had eight sons; in the days of Saul this man was old, yet he still walked among the men.
13. The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone and followed Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, his second oldest was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.