²⁷ The people answered him with the same speech saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him down.” ²⁸ Now when Eliab his oldest brother heard him speaking to the men, Eliab’s anger was kindled against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “So with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart! For you’ve come down here to watch the battle.”

²⁹ “What have I done now?” David said. “It was only a question!”