Yet, what attracts us to him above all else is what the prophet Samuel stated of David ​ — he would prove to be “a man agreeable to [Jehovah’s] heart. ” ​ — 1 Samuel 13: 14.
این پیشگویی سموئیل زمانی تحقق یافت که داود نوجوانی بیش نبود .‏