Young David was not the first son that his father, Jesse, presented to Samuel to be anointed; neither was he the second or third.
حَتَّى إِنَّ دَاوُدَ ،‏ وَهُوَ أَصْغَرُ بَنِي يَسَّى ٱلثَّمَانِيَةِ ،‏ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَوْجُودًا عِنْدَمَا جَاءَ صَمُوئِيلُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ذلِكَ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلْأَمِينِ لِيَمْسَحَ مَلِكًا عَلَى ٱلْأُمَّةِ .‏