1 Samuel 17:15

1Sa 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

Ver. 15. But David went and returned from Saul. ] Who had given him a dismiss, either as having now no further use of him, or as tendering the comfort of his aged father, to whom he had sent for him at his need, and who had now furnished him with three other of his sons for soldiers. a

a Josephus.