15. So the servants of Saul said to him: “Look! An evil spirit from God is tormenting you.
16. If your lordship will order it, we, your servants here attending to you, will look for a man skilled in playing the harp. When the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he will play and you will feel better.”
17. Saul then told his servants, “Find me a good harpist and bring him to me.”
18. One of the servants spoke up: “I have observed that a son of Jesse of Bethlehem is a skillful harpist. He is also a brave warrior, an able speaker, and a handsome young man. The Lord is certainly with him.”
19. Accordingly, Saul dispatched messengers to ask Jesse to send him his son David, who was with the flock.
20. Then Jesse took five loaves of bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.
21. Thus David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul became very fond of him and made him his armor-bearer.
22. Saul sent Jesse the message, “Let David stay in my service, for he meets with my approval.”
23. Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take the harp and play, and Saul would be relieved and feel better, for the evil spirit would leave him.