9. If he kills me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves!
10. I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!”
11. When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken.
12. Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons.
13. Jesse’s three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea—had already joined Saul’s army to fight the Philistines.
14. David was the youngest son. David’s three oldest brothers stayed with Saul’s army,