sf_leeser_rev1 1Samuel:16:14-23 SEEK
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And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul ,
and there troubled him an evil spirit from the Lord .
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And Saul
s servants said unto him ,
Behold now ,
an evil spirit from God troubleth thee .
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Let our Lord but say ,
and thy servants ,
now before thee ,
will seek out a man ,
who is skilful as a player on the harp ;
and it shall come to pass ,
when the evil spirit from God is upon thee ,
that he shall play with his hand ,
that thou mayest be well .
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And Saul said unto his servants ,
Select for me ,
I pray you ,
a man that can play well ,
and bring him to me .
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Then answered one of the servants ,
and said ,
Behold ,
I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth
lechemite ,
who is skilful as a player ,
and a mighty valiant man ,
and a man of war ,
and intelligent in speech ,
and a person of a good form ,
and the Lord is with him .
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Thereupon Saul sent messengers unto Jesse ,
and said ,
Send me David thy son ,
who is with the flocks .
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And Jesse took an ass laden with bread ,
and a bottle of wine ,
and a kid ,
and sent them through David his son unto Saul .
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And David came to Saul ,
and stood before him ;
and he loved him greatly ,
and he became his armor
bearer .
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And Saul sent to Jesse ,
saying ,
Let David ,
I pray thee ,
stand before me ;
for he hath found favor in my eyes .
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And it came to pass ,
when the spirit of God was upon Saul ,
that David took the harp ,
and played with his hand ;
so Saul became relieved ,
and he felt well ,
and the evil spirit departed from him .