geneva@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, (note:)Signifying that we should not show ourselves more pitiful than God, nor to lament those whom he casts out.(:note) seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
geneva@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come (note:)That is, to make a peace offering, which may be done even though the ark was not there.(:note) to sacrifice to the LORD.
geneva@1Samuel:16:3 @ And call Ishai to the sacrifice, and I will shewe thee what thou shalt doe, and thou shalt anoynt vnto me him whom I name vnto thee.
geneva@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town (note:)Afraid, lest some grievous crime had been committed, because the prophet was not wont to come there.(:note) trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
geneva@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he answeared, Yea: I am come to doe sacrifice vnto the Lorde: sanctifie your selues, and come with me to the sacrifice; he sanctified Ishai & his sonnes, & called them to the sacrifice.
geneva@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S (note:)Thinking that Eliab had been appointed by God to be made king.(:note) anointed [is] before him.
geneva@1Samuel:16:7 @ But the Lord said vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for ma looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
geneva@1Samuel:16:8 @ Then Ishai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel; he saide, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
geneva@1Samuel:16:9 @ Then Ishai made Shammah come; he said, Neither yet hath the Lorde chosen him.
geneva@1Samuel:16:10 @ Againe Ishai made his seue sonnes to come before Samuel: and Samuel saide vnto Ishai, The Lord hath chosen none of these.
geneva@1Samuel:16:11 @ Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there no more children but these? And hee sayde, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit downe, till he be come hither.
geneva@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddie, & of a good countenance, and comely visage; the Lorde saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this is he.
geneva@1Samuel:16:13 @ Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren; the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and went to Ramah.
geneva@1Samuel:16:14 @ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an (note:)The wicked spirits are at God's commandment to execute his will against the wicked.(:note) evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
geneva@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Sauls seruants said vnto him, Beholde nowe, the euill spirite of God vexeth thee.
geneva@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our Lord therefore command thy seruants, that are before thee, to seeke a man that is a cunning plaier vpon the harpe: that when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, hee may play with his hand, and thou maiest be eased.
geneva@1Samuel:16:17 @ Saul then saide vnto his seruantes, Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play well, & bring him to me.
geneva@1Samuel:16:18 @ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a (note:)Though David was now anointed king by the prophet, yet God would strengthen and test him in various ways before he had the use of his kingdom.(:note) son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
geneva@1Samuel:16:19 @ Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.
geneva@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Ishai tooke an asse laden with breade and a flagon of wine and a kidde, and sent them by the hand of Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.
geneva@1Samuel:16:21 @ And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.
geneva@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: for he hath found fauour in my sight.
geneva@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was (note:)God would have Saul receive this benefit from David's hand, that his condemnation might be even more evident, for his cruel hate toward him.(:note) refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.