1 Samuel 16:1

Context

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

1 Samuel 18:27

Context
18:27 when David, along with his men, went out⁴ and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

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

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

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

[18:27] ⁴tn Heb “arose and went.”