David went ... - “Was gone,” referring to 1 Samuel 16:19–20. Had he been Saul’s armor-bearer at this time, it is highly improbab…

Returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep. —This short statement was undoubtedly introduced by the compiler of the First Book …

But David went, and returned from Saul
Or "from above Saul"; Josephus ^F21 says, the physicians of Saul ad…

Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs to serve his designs. In…