HE DID not look like a king. Rather, to the prophet Samuel, he appeared to be nothing more than a young shepherd boy.
رَأَى فِيهِ ٱلنَّبِيُّ صَمُوئِيلُ رَاعِيًا عَادِيًّا أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ مَلِكًا عَتِيدًا .‏