1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out ¹  for himself a man who is loyal to him ²  and the Lord has appointed ³  him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ⁴  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ⁵  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ⁶ 

1 Samuel 16:11-13

16:11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Is that all of the young men?” Jesse ⁷  replied, “There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ⁸  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!” 16:13 So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 28:17

28:17 The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! ⁹  The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

1 Samuel 28:2

28:2 David replied to Achish, “That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David, “Then I will make you my bodyguard ¹⁰  from now on.” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 3:9-10

3:9 So Eli said to Samuel, “Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went back and lay down in his place.

3:10 Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “Speak, for your servant is listening!”

1 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, ¹²  Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

¹ tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

² tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

³ tn Heb “commanded.”

⁴ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

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⁶ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jesse) has been specified in the translation both here and in v. 12 for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”

⁹ tn Heb “just as he said by my hand.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the guardian for my head.”

¹¹ tn Heb “all the days.”

¹² tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”