Shmuel Alef 17:14

14 And Dovid was the katan; and the shloshah hagedolim followed Sha’ul.

Shmuel Alef 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:14

And David was the youngest
For the sake of whom this account is given of Jesse and his family, and who after this makes a considerable figure in the camp and court of Saul:

and the three eldest followed Saul;
as before related, and which is repeated, that it might be observed that they only of Jesse's sons followed Saul; not David particularly, but who was providentially sent to the army at the time the Philistine was defying it.

Shmuel Alef 17:14 In-Context

12 Now Dovid was the ben ish of that Ephrati from Beit-Lechem Yehudah, shmo Yishai; and he had shmoneh banim; and the ish [Yishai] was zaken in the days of Sha’ul, advanced in age among anashim.

13 And the shloshet Bnei Yishai hagedolim went and followed Sha’ul to the milchamah; and the shem of his three banim that went to the milchamah were Eliav the bechor, and mishneh unto him Avinadav, and hashelishi (the third) Shammah.

14 And Dovid was the katan; and the shloshah hagedolim followed Sha’ul.

15 But Dovid went and returned from Sha’ul to tend tzon aviv at Beit-Lechem.

16 And the Pelishti drew near morning and evening, and presented himself arba’im yom.