And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling [is]. ] Still the question is the same, being very desirous of knowing of what family he was, for the reason before given, (See Gill on 1 Samuel 17:55).
54
David took Goliath's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath's weapons in his [own] tent.
55
When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, "Whose son is this youth, Abner?" "[My] king, as surely as you live, I don't know," Abner replied.
56
The king said, "Find out whose son this young man is!"
57
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand.
58
Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" "The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem," David answered.