He grew up as the youngest son in a large family which, in the Israel of 1000 B.C., meant looking after the sheep and running errands to his rather bossy older brothers (1 Sam. 15-17).
Alikuwa ni kijana mdogo wa mwisho katika jamaa kubwa ambaye, katika Israeli 1000 K.K., ilimaanisha kuchunga kondoo na kukimbia safari fupi za kupeleka ujumbe au kitu kwa ndugu zake wakubwa wapendao kidogo kuwa na mamlaka (1 Samweli sura ya 15 hadi 17).