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1 Samuel 16

23 verses · King James Version

  1. 1And 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:1
  2. 2And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:2
  3. 3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me whom I name unto thee.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:3
  4. 4And 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?Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:4
  5. 5And 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:5
  6. 6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’S anointed before him.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:6
  7. 7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:7
  8. 8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:8
  9. 9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:9
  10. 10Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:10
  11. 11And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:11
  12. 12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he ruddy, withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this he.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:12
  13. 13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:13
  14. 14But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:14
  15. 15And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:15
  16. 16Let our lord now command thy servants, before thee, to seek out a man, a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:16
  17. 17And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring to me.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:17
  18. 18Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD with him.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:18
  19. 19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which with the sheep.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:19
  20. 20And Jesse took an ass with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent by David his son unto Saul.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:20
  21. 21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:21
  22. 22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:22
  23. 23And it came to pass, when the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 16:23