After being anointed and acclaimed as crown prince, Saul had to fight a battle against Nahash, king of Ammon. David’s test was a man-to-man battle with Goliath. As noted above, David proved himself another Jonathan, and the passage that follows the story of Goliath shows that Jonathan recognizes this (18:1–5). Though the story of David and Goliath is popularly known as an example of a great underdog triumphing over great odds, the accent in the biblical account is not