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. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”

1 Samuel 18:7-8

18:7 The women who were playing the music sang,

“Saul has struck down his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands!”

18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 29:5

29:5 Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced,

‘Saul has struck down his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands’?”


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

map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

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

tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.

tn Heb “in dances.”