Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption.

And we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of our podcast, The Bible in a year with

Daily Grace. My name is Miranda and today we are looking at first Samuel 16-13. Saul has

blown his chance of having a long lasting and enduring throne. The kingdom has been torn

from him. When we pick up in chapter 16, we see that Samuel has been warning over his

downfall. But the Lord admonishes Samuel to accept what has happened to Saul, take his

horn, fill it up with oil, and go anoint the next king.

The Lord sends Samuel to the house of Jesse in the town of Bethlehem. In order to make

sure Saul is not suspicious because he is still in the throne, Samuel also brings a cow

with him to make a sacrifice in the town. When Samuel gets to Jesse's house, he observes

his many sons. Samuel thinks that the older sons of Jesse would be the Lord's anointed.

Totally makes sense. They probably remind him of Saul when he was anointed king. But this

time, the choice will be different. None of the sons standing in front of Samuel are chosen

by the Lord. And Samuel has Jesse if there are any others. And there is. He's the youngest

and he's shepherding the sheep. This is where David, a legendary king, first makes his appearance

and Samuel anoints him as king. Just a little tidbit here. Jesse, David's father,

is the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, which makes David their great grandson. Boaz's mother

was the former prostitute, Rahab, who saved the spies in Jericho. So Rahab is the great,

great grandmother of David. Pretty wild. All of these people will eventually be listed

in the genealogy of Christ since he is the descendant of David. And did you catch that

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