David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
1 Samuel 16:14 describes God’s relationship to Saul following the Lord’s rejection of him. Yahweh had less and less contact with His faithless representative. His empowering Spirit left him without the divine enablement that he had once enjoyed (cf. Judges 9:23; Judges 16:20; 1 Kings 22:21-23; Psalms 51:11).