1SA-16:1  And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou 
mourn for

Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill 
thine

horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the 
Bethlehemite: for

I have provided me a king among his sons.



1SA-16:2  And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he 
will

kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I 
am

come to sacrifice to the LORD.



1SA-16:3  And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee 
what

thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me [him] whom I name 
unto

thee.



1SA-16:4  And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to

Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and

said, Comest thou peaceably?



1SA-16:5  And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the

LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. 
And he

sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

1SA-16:6  And it came to pass, when they were come, that he 
looked on

Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed [is] before him.



1SA-16:7  But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his 
countenance,

or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for 
[the

LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward

appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.



1SA-16:8  Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before 
Samuel.

And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.



1SA-16:9  Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, 
Neither

hath the LORD chosen this.



1SA-16:10  Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before 
Samuel.

And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.



1SA-16:11  And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all [thy] 
children?

And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he 
keepeth

the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for 
we will

not sit down till he come hither.



1SA-16:12  And he sent, and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, 
[and]

withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And 
the LORD

said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he.



1SA-16:13  Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in 
the

midst of his brethren: and the spirit of the LORD came upon 
David from

that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.



1SA-16:14  But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an 
evil

spirit from the LORD troubled him.



1SA-16:15  And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil

spirit from God troubleth thee.



1SA-16:16  Let our lord now command thy servants, [which are] 
before

thee, to seek out a man, [who is] a cunning player on an harp: 
and it

shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, 
that

he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.



1SA-16:17  And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man 
that

can play well, and bring [him] to me.



1SA-16:18  Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, 
I have

seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in 
playing,

and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in 
matters,

and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.



1SA-16:19  Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, 
Send

me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.



1SA-16:20  And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a 
bottle of

wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul.



1SA-16:21  And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he 
loved

him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.



1SA-16:22  And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray 
thee,

stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.



1SA-16:23  And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God 
was

upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so 
Saul

was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from 
him.



 

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