You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.

When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, “My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.