I. SamvEt XVI. 1.

B.C. about 1063.
SAMUEL SENT TO JESSE,
1. Ch. 15. 23,
35. -
J. Jehovah.
u, Until when.
h. horn, comp. ch. 10. 1, vial.
j. Jesse,
Wealthy.
6. Beth- lehem, House-of bread.
JESSE'S Sons. 6. Ch. 17. 13. e. Eliab, God his father.
a. ahdahm. t. to.
e. eyes.
ab. Abina- dab, Noble
father. J. Jehovah.
inah, Deso- tion. 10. Ch. 17. 12- 15. 1 Chr. 2. 13-16,
DAVID. 11. Ps. 78. 70. y-the young-
men. 7. least.
si. sit-round.
w. with beautiful
eyes. Jf. fair to look on, DAVID ANOINTED. 13. Ps. 45.1,2, 7; 89.19-24. d. David, Be- loved. aa. and,
SAUL
ied. te. terrifieth.
1 6 AND! the Lorp said unto Samuél,
“u How long wilt thou +mourn for Saul, seeing £ -have_rejected him from reigning over Israél? -fill thine hhorn with_oil, and +go, I will_send thee to j Jesse the Beth-lehemite : for I -have_provided Me a king among his sons.”
2 And Samuél said, “ How can I go? if Saul -hear it, he «will_kill me.” And ‘the Lorp said, “'Take a heifer with thee, and -say, ‘I -am_come to sacrifice to Jthe Lorp.’
3 And -call Jesse to the sacrifice, and = will_shew thee -what thou shalt_do: and thou -shait_anoint unto Me him -whom I mame unto thee.”
4 And Samuél did -that_which J the Lorp spake, and came to > Beth-lehem. And the-_elders_of the tewn trembled at his coming, and said, “Comest thou peaceably ?”
5 And he said, “ Peaceably: I -am_ come'to sacrifice unto / the Lorp: -sanc- tify_yourselves, and -come with me to the sacrifice.” And hesanctified -Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came_to_pass, when they were_come, that he looked_on ¢+Eliab, and said, “Surely J the Lorp’s anointed
i. ish. 8. skilful.
is before Him.”
7 But 3 the Lorp said unto Samuél, “tLook not on his countenance, or on the_height_of his stature; because I shave_refused him: for the Lorp seeth not as «xman tseeth ; for « xman 'ook- eth ¢on the e outward_appearance, but 4 the Lorp ‘looketh ¢on the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called «) Abinadab, and made_him_pass before Samuél. And he said, “Neither shath !the Lorp chosen this.”
9 aThen Jesse made si Shammah to_ pass_by. And he said, “Neither -hath “the Lorp chosen this.”
10 a Again, Jesse made seven_of his sons to_pass before Samuél, And Samuel said unto Jesse, “) The Lorp ‘hath not chosen xthese.”
11 And Samuél said unto Jesse, “ Are here all ythy xchildren?” 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 sisit_ down till he come hither.”
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and wwithal of a beautiful countenance, and / goodly to_ look_to. And ‘the Lorp said, “*Arise, ‘anoint him: for this is he.”
13 Then Samuél took -the_horn_of xoil, and anointed him in the_midst_ of his brethren ; and the_Spirit_of J the Lorp came upon @David from xthat xday ,«forward. So Samuél rose_up, and went to xRamah.
14 But the_Spirit_of Jthe Lorp de- parted from ,wSaul, and an sevil spirit from J«the Lorp ¢troubled him.
15 And Saul’s servants said unto him, “Behold now, an s4eyil spirit from =God te troubleth thee.
16 Let our -lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to fseek_out a ‘man, who is a scunning