Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

As David came close to the army, Israel and the Philistines
were drawn up in battle lines, army against army. Goliath, the
champion of the Philistines, came out and with insulting language
defied Israel to provide a man from their ranks who would fight with
him. When David learned that the Philistine hurled his defiance at
them day after day without any champion stepping forward to
silence the boaster, he was fired up with zeal to preserve the honor
of God.
The armies of Israel were depressed. They said to each other,
"Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up
to defy Israel."
Ashamed and indignant, David exclaimed, "Who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living
God?"
Even as a shepherd, David had revealed daring, courage, and
strength rarely seen, and the mysterious visit of Samuel to their
father's house had made the brothers suspicious of the real object of
his visit--their jealousy had been aroused.
And now Eliab regarded the question that David asked as a
rebuke to his own cowardice in making no attempt to silence the
giant. The elder brother exclaimed angrily, "Why did you come
down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the
wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for
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