kjv 1Samuel:16:1-9 SEEK
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And the LORD said unto Samuel ,
How long wilt thou mourn for Saul ,
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 .
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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 to sacrifice to the LORD .
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And call Jesse to the sacrifice ,
and I will shew thee what thou shalt do :
and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee .
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And Samuel did that which the LORD spake ,
and came to Bethlehem .
And the elders of the town trembled at his coming ,
and said ,
Comest thou peaceably ?
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And he said ,
Peaceably :
I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD :
sanctify yourselves ,
and come with me to the sacrifice .
And he sanctified Jesse and his sons ,
and called them to the sacrifice .
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And it came to pass ,
when they were come ,
that he looked on Eliab ,
and said ,
Surely the LORD '
S anointed is before him .
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But the LORD said unto Samuel ,
Look not on his countenance ,
or on the height of his stature ;
because I have refused him :
for the LORD seeth not as man seeth ;
for man looketh on the outward appearance ,
but the LORD looketh on the heart .
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Then Jesse called Abinadab ,
and made him pass before Samuel .
And he said ,
Neither hath the LORD chosen this .
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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by .
And he said ,
Neither hath the LORD chosen this .