New Revised Standard Version
And David came to Saul, and entered his service. Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.

Contemporary English Version
David went to Saul and started working for him. Saul liked him so much that he put David in charge of carrying his weapons.

New American Bible
Thus David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul became very fond of him and made him his armor-bearer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer.

And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer.

stood before him

Genesis 41:46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao), and he went round all the countries of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 1:38 But Josue the son of Nun, thy minister, he shall go in for thee: exhort and encourage him, and he shall divide the land by lot to Israel.

Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.

1 Kings 10:8 Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.

Proverbs 22:29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.

loved him

Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Psalm 118:9 It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes.

Psalm 146:3 In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.