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David the Shepherd Boy
I Samuel 16
David, the son of Jesse, is pictured here in the hills of Bethlehem as a young man tending his sheep and playing on his harp. It is interesting that this window is to the left of that of Samuel at the temple be- cause it was Samuel, who, as an elderly priest, anointed David future king over Israel. This window focuses more on David as a musician than as a shepherd. The sixteenth chapter of 1 Samuel has several references to David as a highly skilled and cunning harpist; 1 Samuel 16:23 reads, “And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him