. . . the youngest in my father's house;
I tended my father's sheep . . .
---LXX Psalm 151:1
. . . He raised unti]o them David to be their
king; to whom also He gave testimony, and
said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man
after mine own heart . . .
---Acts 13:22
David, the ruddy shepherd, the youngest son
of Jesse, and lover of Prince Jonathan;
David, the courteous adolescent and no upstart:
the Lord declared him a man after His own heart.