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The LORD said to Samuel , "
How long will you grieve over Saul ,
seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel ?
Fill your horn with oil ,
and go ;
I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite ,
for I have provided for myself a king among his sons ."
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And Samuel said , "
How can I go ?
If Saul hears it ,
he will kill me ."
And the LORD said , "
Take a heifer with you ,
and say , `
I have come to sacrifice to the LORD .'
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And invite Jesse to the sacrifice ,
and I will show you what you shall do ;
and you shall anoint for me him whom I name to you ."
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Samuel did what the LORD commanded ,
and came to Bethlehem .
The elders of the city came to meet him trembling ,
and said , "
Do you come peaceably ?"
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And he said , "
Peaceably ;
I have come to sacrifice to the LORD ;
consecrate yourselves ,
and come with me to the sacrifice ."
And he consecrated Jesse and his sons ,
and invited them to the sacrifice .
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When they came ,
he looked on Eli '
ab and thought , "
Surely the LORD '
S anointed is before him ."
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But the LORD said to Samuel , "
Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature ,
because I have rejected him ;
for the LORD sees not as man sees ;
man looks on the outward appearance ,
but the LORD looks on the heart ."
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Then Jesse called Abin '
adab ,
and made him pass before Samuel .
And he said , "
Neither has the LORD chosen this one ."
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Then Jesse made Shammah pass by .
And he said , "
Neither has the LORD chosen this one ."
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And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel .
And Samuel said to Jesse , "
The LORD has not chosen these ."
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And Samuel said to Jesse , "
Are all your sons here ?"
And he said , "
There remains yet the youngest ,
but behold ,
he is keeping the sheep ."
And Samuel said to Jesse , "
Send and fetch him ;
for we will not sit down till he comes here ."
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And he sent ,
and brought him in .
Now he was ruddy ,
and had beautiful eyes ,
and was handsome .
And the LORD said , "
Arise ,
anoint him ;
for this is he ."
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Then Samuel took the horn of oil ,
and anointed him in the midst of his brothers ;
and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward .
And Samuel rose up ,
and went to Ramah .