No, but he was too young to join the army, and he may have been youthful looking. But David was already known as a valiant fighter and may have been in his late teens by this time. ​ — 1 Samuel 16: 18; 17: 33.
خیر ؛‏ او که دلیل پیروزی‌هایش را به خوبی می‌دانست ،‏ چنین ادامه داد :‏ « همان خداوندی که مرا از چنگال شیر و خرس رهانید ،‏ مرا از دست این فلسطینی نیز خواهد رهانید .‏ »