When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
And he said, Whose son are you David? and David said, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite ( 1 Samuel 17:58 ). "