16:1 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
Bethlehemite,
for
I
have
provided
for
myself
a
king
among
his
sons."
16:2 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.'
16:3 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."
16:4 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"
16:5 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.
16:6 When
they
came,
he
looked
on
Eliab
and
thought,
"Surely
the
LORD's
anointed
is
before
him."
16:7 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."
16:8 Then
Jesse
called
Abinadab
and
made
him
pass
before
Samuel.
And
he
said,
"Neither
has
the
LORD
chosen
this
one."
16:9 Then
Jesse
made
Shammah
pass
by.
And
he
said,
"Neither
has
the
LORD
chosen
this
one."
16:10 And
Jesse
made
seven
of
his
sons
pass
before
Samuel.
And
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
"The
LORD
has
not
chosen
these."
16:11 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."
16:12 And
he
sent
and
brought
him
in.
Now
he
was
ruddy
and
had
beautiful
eyes
and
was
handsome.
And
the
LORD
said,
"Arise,
anoint
him,
for
this
is
he."
16:13 Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil
and
anointed
him
in
the
midst
of
his
brothers.
And
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
rushed
upon
David
from
that
day
forward.
And
Samuel
rose
up
and
went
to
Ramah.
16:14 Now
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
departed
from
Saul,
and
a
harmful
spirit
from
the
LORD
tormented
him.
16:15 And
Saul's
servants
said
to
him,
"Behold
now,
a
harmful
spirit
from
God
is
tormenting
you.
16:16 Let
our
lord
now
command
your
servants
who
are
before
you
to
seek
out
a
man
who
is
skillful
in
playing
the
lyre,
and
when
the
harmful
spirit
from
God
is
upon
you,
he
will
play
it,
and
you
will
be
well."
16:17 So
Saul
said
to
his
servants,
"Provide
for
me
a
man
who
can
play
well
and
bring
him
to
me."
16:18 One
of
the
young
men
answered,
"Behold,
I
have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite,
who
is
skillful
in
playing,
a
man
of
valor,
a
man
of
war,
prudent
in
speech,
and
a
man
of
good
presence,
and
the
LORD
is
with
him."
16:19 Therefore
Saul
sent
messengers
to
Jesse
and
said,
"Send
me
David
your
son,
who
is
with
the
sheep."
16:20 And
Jesse
took
a
donkey
laden
with
bread
and
a
skin
of
wine
and
a
young
goat
and
sent
them
by
David
his
son
to
Saul.
16:21 And
David
came
to
Saul
and
entered
his
service.
And
Saul
loved
him
greatly,
and
he
became
his
armor-bearer.
16:22 And
Saul
sent
to
Jesse,
saying,
"Let
David
remain
in
my
service,
for
he
has
found
favor
in
my
sight."
16:23 And
whenever
the
harmful
spirit
from
God
was
upon
Saul,
David
took
the
lyre
and
played
it
with
his
hand.
So
Saul
was
refreshed
and
was
well,
and
the
harmful
spirit
departed
from
him.