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  1. Good questions<\/span><\/i>! Many questions arise when one reads the story as a continuous narrative. Where does David come from – from Bethlehem and the family\u2019s flocks, or from his appointment at Saul\u2019s court? Where is Saul – at the battlefield? In the royal residence? In (Jebusite) Jerusalem? Does Saul know him from the previous chapter? From the meeting before going out to do battle, or for the first time when he comes back with Goliath\u2019s head? Potential answers can be found in what commentators have to say, as well as what academic researchers say, and there are even slightly different accounts in different versions of the Tanakh.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Family tensions<\/span><\/i>. David is sent by his father to ask about his brothers. But the judging by the brothers\u2019 response – they are none too happy to see him: \u201cWhy did you come down here, and with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your impudence and your impertinence: you came down to watch the fighting!\u201d (verse 28). If this tension reminds you of a different cold welcome from older brothers receiving a younger brother sent by their father to check up on them – well, you\u2019re right!<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Back to the wardrobe<\/span><\/i>. To the wardrobe of symbolic garments in the Book of Samuel, we must add here Saul\u2019s armor. In verse 38, Saul tries to dress David in his armor to prepare him for battle. And in doing so he unwittingly supplies the reader a perfect symbolic image of the transfer of the crown and the dynasty from him to the lad.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Next year in Jerusalem<\/i>! Actually it will take a few years, and 37 chapters, when David captures the Jebusite city and make it his capital (2Sam 2). 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