First Book of Kings (Author Compiled by Isaias from records of Samuel, David, Nathan, and Gad.)
18:5And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul's servants.
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