Even David’s father called him “the youngest” (1 Sam. 16:11)—and the word used in this connection, I understand, suggests something other than mere youth. It meant he was the least in his father’s estimation; so small was David in his father’s esteem that it wasn’t considered necessary to include him in the family when the prophet of God called them to sacrifice. Samuel himself had no idea that David was God’s chosen one. Samuel was ready to settle upon Eliab, thinking surely that this was the Lord’s