82 THE LAW ON MURDER.

Philistine army, and dared the hosts of Israel to send out
aman against him. Noone had courage enough to go.
Then David, the shepherd boy, said he would go and
meet the giant. Many thought him very foolish, but he
said, “The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out
of the hands of this Philistine.” He took a few smooth
stones from the brook, and went out to meet the giant in
the name of the Lord. David slew the giant and brought
his head into camp.

Then all the people praised him, and King’ Saul
thought he would be a brave man for him to have, and so
he asked his father, Jesse, to let him come and live with
him. This is the way he came to be in the king’s palace.

David feared and worshiped God, and God honored
him greatly. Whenever he went out to battle he always
had the victory. Soon the king began to be jealous of
him, lest the people would love David better than they did
him, and from that hour he sought his life. At times the
king was very gloomy and ugly; then he would send for
David to come and play on the harp, for he was a good
musician. .

Saul, in one of his angry moods, threw a javelin at
David, as we see in the picture, intending to kill him, but
he escaped. What a wicked heart Saul must have had
to try to kill an innocent boy, and break God’s command-
ment, which says, “Thou shalt not kill.” |