1Samuel:16:1-13

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* And Jehovah said to Samuel , Until when will you mourn for Saul , for I have rejected him from reigning over Israel ? Fill your horn with oil and go . I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite , for I have seen a king for Me among his sons . * And Samuel said , How can I go ? When Saul hears , then he will kill me . And Jehovah said , You shall take a heifer from the herd in your hand , and shall say , I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah . * And you invite Jesse to the sacrifice . And I will make you know what you shall do . And you shall anoint for Me whomever I say to you . * And Samuel did what Jehovah said , and came to Bethlehem . And the elders of the city trembled to meet him , and said , Do you come in peace ? * And he said , Peace ! I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah . Sanctify yourselves and you shall come to me to the sacrifice . And he sanctified Jesse and his sons , and called them to the sacrifice . * And it happened as they came in , that he saw Eliab , and said , Surely His anointed is before Jehovah . * And Jehovah said to Samuel , Do not look on his appearance , nor to the height of his stature , for I have rejected him . For man does not see what He sees . For man looks for the eyes , but Jehovah looks for the heart . * And Jesse called to Abinadab , and he passed him before Samuel but he said , Also Jehovah has not chosen this one . * And Jesse passed Shammah by , but he said , Also Jehovah has not chosen this one . * And Jesse passed seven of his sons before Samuel , but Samuel said to Jesse , Jehovah has not chosen among these . * And Samuel said to Jesse , Are these all the young men ? And he said , There yet remains the youngest ; and behold , he is tending the flock . And Samuel said to Jesse , Send and bring him , for we will not sit until he comes here . * And he sent and brought him in . And he was ruddy , with beautiful eyes and good form . And Jehovah said , Rise up , anoint him , for this is he . * And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers . And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day and onward . And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah .

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