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1 Samuel 16:1-23

16:1

And the LORD
<03068>

said
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unto Samuel
<08050>_,

How long wilt thou mourn
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for Saul
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seeing I have rejected
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him from reigning
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over Israel
<03478>_?

fill
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thine horn
<07161>

with oil
<08081>_,

and go
<03212> (8798)_,

I will send
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thee to Jesse
<03448>

the Bethlehemite
<01022>_:

for I have provided
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me a king
<04428>

among his sons
<01121>_.

16:2

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

How can I go
<03212> (8799)_?

if Saul
<07586>

hear
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[it], he will kill
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me. And the LORD
<03068>

said
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Take
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an heifer
<01241> <05697>

with thee
<03027>_,

and say
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I am come
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to sacrifice
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to the LORD
<03068>_.

{with thee: Heb. in thine hand}

16:3

And call
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Jesse
<03448>

to the sacrifice
<02077>_,

and I will shew
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thee what thou shalt do
<06213> (8799)_:

and thou shalt anoint
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unto me [him] whom I name
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unto thee.

16:4

And Samuel
<08050>

did
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that which the LORD
<03068>

spake
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and came
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to Bethlehem
<01035>_.

And the elders
<02205>

of the town
<05892>

trembled
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at his coming
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and said
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Comest
<0935> (8800)

thou peaceably
<07965>_?

{coming: Heb. meeting}

16:5

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Peaceably
<07965>_:

I am come
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to sacrifice
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unto the LORD
<03068>_:

sanctify
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yourselves, and come
<0935> (8804)

with me to the sacrifice
<02077>_.

And he sanctified
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Jesse
<03448>

and his sons
<01121>_,

and called
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them to the sacrifice
<02077>_.

16:6

And it came to pass, when they were come
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that he looked
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on Eliab
<0446>_,

and said
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Surely the LORD'S
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anointed
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[is] before him. {Eliab: called Elihu}

16:7

But the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Samuel
<08050>_,

Look
<05027> (8686)

not on his countenance
<04758>_,

or on the height
<01364>

of his stature
<06967>_;

because I have refused
<03988> (8804)

him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man
<0120>

seeth
<07200> (8799)_;

for man
<0120>

looketh
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on the outward appearance
<05869>_,

but the LORD
<03068>

looketh
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on the heart
<03824>_.

{outward...: Heb. eyes}

16:8

Then Jesse
<03448>

called
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Abinadab
<041>_,

and made him pass
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before
<06440>

Samuel
<08050>_.

And he said
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Neither hath the LORD
<03068>

chosen
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this.

16:9

Then Jesse
<03448>

made Shammah
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to pass by
<05674> (8686)_.

And he said
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Neither hath the LORD
<03068>

chosen
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this. {Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma}

16:10

Again, Jesse
<03448>

made seven
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of his sons
<01121>

to pass
<05674> (8686)

before
<06440>

Samuel
<08050>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jesse
<03448>_,

The LORD
<03068>

hath not chosen
<0977> (8804)

these.

16:11

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jesse
<03448>_,

Are here all
<08552> (8804)

[thy] children
<05288>_?

And he said
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There remaineth
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yet the youngest
<06996>_,

and, behold, he keepeth
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the sheep
<06629>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
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unto Jesse
<03448>_,

Send
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and fetch
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him: for we will not sit down
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till he come
<0935> (8800)

hither
<06311>_.

{down: Heb. round}

16:12

And he sent
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and brought him in
<0935> (8686)_.

Now he [was] ruddy
<0132>_,

[and] withal
<05973>

of a beautiful
<03303>

countenance
<05869>_,

and goodly
<02896>

to look to
<07210>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

said
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Arise
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anoint
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him: for this [is] he. {of a...: Heb. fair of eyes}

16:13

Then Samuel
<08050>

took
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the horn
<07161>

of oil
<08081>_,

and anointed
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him in the midst
<07130>

of his brethren
<0251>_:

and the Spirit
<07307>

of the LORD
<03068>

came
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upon David
<01732>

from that day
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forward
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So Samuel
<08050>

rose up
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and went
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to Ramah
<07414>_.

16:14

But the Spirit
<07307>

of the LORD
<03068>

departed
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from Saul
<07586>_,

and an evil
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spirit
<07307>

from the LORD
<03068>

troubled
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him. {troubled: or, terrified}

16:15

And Saul's
<07586>

servants
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said
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unto him, Behold now, an evil
<07451>

spirit
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from God
<0430>

troubleth
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thee.

16:16

Let our lord
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now command
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thy servants
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[which are] before
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thee, to seek out
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a man
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[who is] a cunning
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player
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on an harp
<03658>_:

and it shall come to pass, when the evil
<07451>

spirit
<07307>

from God
<0430>

is upon thee, that he shall play
<05059> (8765)

with his hand
<03027>_,

and thou shalt be well
<02895> (8804)_.

16:17

And Saul
<07586>

said
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unto his servants
<05650>_,

Provide
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me now a man
<0376>

that can play
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well
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and bring
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[him] to me.

16:18

Then answered
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one
<0259>

of the servants
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and said
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Behold, I have seen
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a son
<01121>

of Jesse
<03448>

the Bethlehemite
<01022>_,

[that is] cunning
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in playing
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and a mighty
<01368>

valiant man
<02428>_,

and a man
<0376>

of war
<04421>_,

and prudent
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in matters
<01697>_,

and a comely
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person
<0376>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

[is] with him. {matters: or, speech}

16:19

Wherefore Saul
<07586>

sent
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messengers
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unto Jesse
<03448>_,

and said
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Send
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me David
<01732>

thy son
<01121>_,

which [is] with the sheep
<06629>_.

16:20

And Jesse
<03448>

took
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an ass
<02543>

[laden] with bread
<03899>_,

and a bottle
<04997>

of wine
<03196>_,

and a
<0259>

kid
<01423> <05795>_,

and sent
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[them] by
<03027>

David
<01732>

his son
<01121>

unto Saul
<07586>_.

16:21

And David
<01732>

came
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to Saul
<07586>_,

and stood
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before
<06440>

him: and he loved
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him greatly
<03966>_;

and he became his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>_.

16:22

And Saul
<07586>

sent
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to Jesse
<03448>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Let David
<01732>_,

I pray thee, stand
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before
<06440>

me; for he hath found
<04672> (8804)

favour
<02580>

in my sight
<05869>_.

16:23

And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit
<07307>

from God
<0430>

was upon Saul
<07586>_,

that David
<01732>

took
<03947> (8804)

an harp
<03658>_,

and played
<05059> (8765)

with his hand
<03027>_:

so Saul
<07586>

was refreshed
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and was well
<02895> (8804)_,

and the evil
<07451>

spirit
<07307>

departed
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from him.