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1|Sam.|16:1|-|And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you |a|mourn for Saul, though I have |b|rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with |c|oil, and |1|go; I will send you to |d|Jesse the |e|Bethlehemite; for I have |2|selected for Myself a king among his sons.
1|Sam.|16:2|-|And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah.
1|Sam.|16:3|-|Then call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for Me the one whom I name to you.
1|Sam.|16:4|-|So Samuel did what Jehovah said and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him, and they said, Do you come peaceably?
1|Sam.|16:5|-|And he said, Peaceably. I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. |a|Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice.
1|Sam.|16:6|-|And when they came, he saw |a|Eliab and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is now before Him.
1|Sam.|16:7|-|But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not regard his |a|appearance and the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For it is not how man sees that matters; for man looks on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks on the |b|heart.
1|Sam.|16:8|-|Then Jesse called |a|Abinadab and had him pass before Samuel; and |1|Samuel said, Jehovah has not chosen this one either.
1|Sam.|16:9|-|And Jesse had Shammah pass by; and he said, Jehovah has not chosen this one either.
1|Sam.|16:10|-|And Jesse had |1|seven of his sons pass before Samuel; and Samuel said to Jesse, Jehovah has not chosen these.
1|Sam.|16:11|-|Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men you have? And he said, There is still the |1a|youngest, but he is now tending the |b|sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send for him, and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.
1|Sam.|16:12|-|So he sent for him and brought him in. Now he was |a|ruddy and had beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise; anoint him, for this is he.
1|Sam.|16:13|-|And Samuel took the horn of oil and |a|anointed him in the midst of his brothers, and the |b|Spirit of Jehovah |1|rushed |c|upon |2|David from that day forward. Then Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
1|Sam.|16:14|-|And the Spirit of Jehovah |a|departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah terrorized him.
1|Sam.|16:15|-|And Saul’s servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you.
1|Sam.|16:16|-|Let our lord speak. Your servants are before you; they will seek out a man who is skilled in playing the lyre. And when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will |a|play it by hand, and you will be well.
1|Sam.|16:17|-|And Saul said to his servants, Select for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.
1|Sam.|16:18|-|And one of the attendants answered and said, I have just seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilled in playing and a mighty man of valor and a man of war and prudent in speech and of good presence, and Jehovah is with him.
1|Sam.|16:19|-|So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me |1|David your son, who is among the |a|sheep.
1|Sam.|16:20|-|And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
1|Sam.|16:21|-|And David came to Saul and |1|entered his service. And |2|Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.
1|Sam.|16:22|-|And Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, Let David enter my service, for he has found favor in my sight.
1|Sam.|16:23|-|So whenever the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, David took his lyre and |a|played it by hand, and Saul was refreshed and was well; and the evil spirit departed from him.
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