14. David was the youngest. Jesse’s three oldest sons followed Saul,
15. but David went back and forth from Saul to Bethlehem, where he took care of his father’s sheep.
16. For forty days the Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army.
17. Jesse said to his son David, “Take this half bushel of cooked grain and ten loaves of bread to your brothers in the camp.