It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
"It’s remarkable, isn’t it, how Jesse reveals two very common mistakes parents make. Number one, he didn’t have an equal appreciation for all of his children. And number two, he failed to cultivate a mutual self-respect among them. Jesse saw his youngest as nothing more than the one who tended the sheep." [Note: Swindoll, p. 20.] 