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1Samuel 16

16The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons."H3068H559H8050H56H7586H3988H4427H3478H4390H7161H8081H3212H7971H3448H1022H7200H4428H11212And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'H8050H559H3212H7586H8085H2026H3068H559H3947H1241H5697H3027H559H935H2076H30683And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you."H7121H3448H2077H3045H6213H4886H5594Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, "Do you come peaceably?"H8050H6213H3068H1696H935H1035H2205H5892H2729H7125H559H935H79655And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.H559H7965H935H2076H3068H6942H935H2077H6942H3448H1121H7121H20776When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."H935H7200H446H559H3068H48997But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."H3068H559H8050H5027H4758H1364H6967H3988H120H7200H120H7200H5869H3068H7200H38248Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."H3448H7121H41H5674H6440H8050H559H3068H9779Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."H3448H8048H5674H559H3068H97710And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these."H3448H7651H1121H5674H6440H8050H8050H559H3448H3068H97711Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here."H8050H559H3448H8552H5288H559H7604H6996H7462H6629H8050H559H3448H7971H3947H5437H935H631112And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."H7971H935H132H5973H3303H5869H2896H7210H3068H559H6965H488613Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.H8050H3947H7161H8081H4886H7130H251H7307H3068H6743H1732H3117H4605H8050H6965H3212H741414Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the LORD tormented him.H7307H3068H5493H7586H7451H7307H3068H120415And Saul's servants said to him, "Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.H7586H5650H559H7451H7307H430H120416Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well."H113H559H5650H6440H1245H376H3045H5059H3658H7451H7307H430H5059H3027H289517So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me."H7586H559H5650H7200H376H5059H3190H93518One of the young men answered, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the LORD is with him."H6030H259H5288H559H7200H1121H3448H1022H3045H5059H1368H2428H376H4421H995H1697H8389H376H306819Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."H7586H7971H4397H3448H559H7971H1732H1121H662920And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them by David his son to Saul.H3448H3947H2543H3899H4997H3196H259H1423H5795H7971H3027H1732H1121H758621And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.H1732H935H7586H5975H6440H157H3966H5375H362722And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight."H7586H7971H3448H559H1732H5975H6440H4672H2580H586923And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him.H7307H430H7586H1732H3947H3658H5059H3027H7586H7304H2895H7451H7307H5493


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