14 So David was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul.

15 David also [a]went, but he returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

16 And the Philistine drew near in the morning, and evening, and continued forty days.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:15 To serve Saul, as 1 Sam. 16:19.

14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend(A) his father’s sheep(B) at Bethlehem.

16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

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