1 Samuel chapter 16 David anointed king the Lord said to Samuel how long will you grieve over

Saul since I have rejected him from being king over Israel fill your horn with oil and go

I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehem, for I have provided for myself a king among

his sons. 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, and invite Jesse to the

sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do, and

you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you. 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? 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. When they came,

he looked on Eliab and thought, surely the Lord's anointed is before him, 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. Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said,

Neither has the Lord chosen this one. Then Jesse made Shama pass by, and he said, neither has the Lord chosen this one. Then Jesse made Shama pass by, and he said neither

has the Lord chosen this one. And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel

said to Jesse, the Lord has not chosen these. Then 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 get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.

And he sent and brought him in.

Now he was ready and had beautiful eyes and was handsome.

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