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Originally Posted by Tithesmeister
Where do you get that this took place before he killed Goliath? It seems to have some gaps in it. It seems that if David were already Saul’s armor bearer, he would have not needed any introduction to David. I don’t know. It doesn’t seem clear to me.
And if he were twenty years old he wouldn’t have been in the army already?
I dunno.
We do know that David actually became king at thirty.
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1 Samuel 16:13-19 KJV
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. [14] But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. [15] And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. [16] Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. [17] And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. [18] Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. [19] Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
This was shortly after David was anointed by Samuel. Goliath shows up in chapter 17, the next chapter. I see no evidence ch 16 took place AFTER chapter 17.
As for David being in the army, he likely already was, since he was described by one of Saul's servants as a "man of war". The fact he shuttled between serving as a couriet for the army and tending his father's flocks is no impediment to this. Israel's military was generally a citizen militia. Somebody had to manage the homestead. David had three brothers in the army already, so it is not unreasonable that David would at that time be serving part time.
In ch 17 we read:
1 Samuel 17:15 KJV
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
This was right before Goliath showed up. So ch 16 happened before 17.
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