King of Israel! and this servant introduced by Samuel into the PARLOR, and assigned, with his master, to the chiefest seat at the table!  This was “one of the servants” of Kish, Saul’s father; not the steward or the chief of them—­not at all a picked man, but “one of the servants;” any one that could be most easily spared, as no endowments specially rare would be likely to find scope in looking after asses.  David seems to have been for a time in all respects a servant in Saul’s family.  He “stood before him.”  “And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, let David, I pray thee, stand before me.”  He was Saul’s personal servant, went on his errands, played on the harp for his amusement, bore his armor for him, and when he wished to visit his parents, asked permission of Jonathan, Saul’s son.  Saul also calls him “my servant.” 1 Sam. xvi. 21-23; xviii. 5; xx. 5, 6; xxii. 8.  Yet David sat with the king at meat, married his daughter, and lived on terms of the closest intimacy with the heir apparent of the throne.  Abimelech, who was first elected king of Shechem, and afterwards reigned over all Israel, was the son of a MAID-SERVANT.  His mother’s family seems to have been of much note in the city of Shechem, where her brothers manifestly held great sway.  Judg. ix. 1-6, 18.  Jarha, an Egyptian, the servant of Sheshan, married his daughter.  Tobiah, “the servant” and an Ammonite married the daughter of Shecaniah one of the chief men among the Jews in Jerusalem and was the intimate associate of Sanballat the governor of the Samaritans.  We find Elah, the King of Israel, at a festive entertainment, in the house of Arza, his steward, or head servant, with whom he seems to have been on terms of familiarity. 1 Kings xvi. 8, 9.  See also the intercourse between Gideon and his servants.  Judg. vi. 27, and vii. 10, 11.  The Levite of Mount Ephraim and his servant.  Judg. xx. 3, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 22.  King Saul and his servant Doeg, one of his herdmen. 1 Sam. xx. 1, 7; xxii. 9, 18, 22.  King David and Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth. 2 Sam. xvi. 1-4.  Jonathan and his servant. 1 Sam. xiv. 1-14.  Elisha and his servant, Gehazi. 2 Kings iv. v. vi.  Also between Joram king of Israel and the servant of Elisha. 2 Kings viii. 4, 5, and between Naaman “the Captain of the host of the king of Syria” and the same person. 2 Kings v. 21-23.  The fact stated under a previous head that servants were always invited guests at public and social festivals, is in perfect keeping with the foregoing exemplifications of the prevalent estimation in which servants were held by the Israelites.