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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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