1 Samuel 16:1-2

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. ¹  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ²  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ³ 

16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you ⁴  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 7:8

7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep ⁵  crying out to the Lord our ⁶  God so that he may save us ⁷  from the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people ⁸  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 28:4

28:4 The Philistines assembled; they came and camped at Shunem. Saul mustered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

Psalms 78:70

78:70 He chose David, his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds.

Psalms 89:19-20

89:19 Then you ⁹  spoke through a vision to your faithful followers ¹⁰  and said:

“I have energized a warrior; ¹¹ 

I have raised up a young man ¹²  from the people.

89:20 I have discovered David, my servant.

With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. ¹³ 

[16:1]  ¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ³ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[16:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your hand.”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “don’t stop.”

[7:8]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “men.”

[89:19]  ⁹ tn The pronoun “you” refers to the Lord, who is addressed here. The quotation that follows further develops the announcement of vv. 3-4.

[89:19]  ¹⁰ tc Many medieval mss read the singular here, “your faithful follower.” In this case the statement refers directly to Nathan’s oracle to David (see 2 Sam 7:17).

[89:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I have placed help upon a warrior.”

[89:19]  ¹² tn Or perhaps “a chosen one.”

[89:20]  ¹³ tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification, indicating that a royal anointing is in view.