"Stand By Me meets Game of Thrones." The story of David and Goliath is one of the world's greatest examples of good triumphing over evil. Yet little is known about the young shepherd leading up to his famous battle with the giant. How could a boy kill a bear and lion by himself, become the greatest musician of his day, and defeat a giant warrior in single combat-all before his seventeenth birthday? And what kind of character did David possess as he was passed over by his father and abused by his older brothers-only to become Israel's greatest hero and king? David's genealogy provides some...