1 Samuel
1 Samuel 16:1–13
1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
2“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!”
The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ 3Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
4So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
5“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.”
Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
8Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
9Next Jesse presented Shammah,a but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
10Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
11And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.”
“Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
12So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
Footnotes
- a 16:9 Shammah is a variant of Shimeah, Shimea, and Shimei; see 2 Samuel 13:3|2SA 13:3, 2 Samuel 21:21, and 1 Chronicles 2:13.
Cross-references
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1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 15:23 · 2 Kings 9:1 · Psalm 78:68–71 · 1 Samuel 15:35 · 1 Samuel 15:26 · Romans 15:12 · 1 Samuel 10:1 · 1 Samuel 16:15 · 1 Samuel 13:13–14 · 1 Samuel 9:16 · 1 Samuel 15:11 · 2 Kings 9:6
1 Samuel 16:2 1 Samuel 9:12 · 1 Samuel 20:29 · Matthew 10:16
1 Samuel 16:3 1 Samuel 9:16 · 1 Samuel 16:12–13 · 2 Samuel 15:11 · Acts 9:6
1 Samuel 16:4 1 Kings 2:13 · Luke 5:8 · 1 Chronicles 12:17–18 · 1 Samuel 21:1 · 2 Kings 9:22 · 1 Kings 17:18
1 Samuel 16:5 Exodus 19:10 · Joshua 3:5 · Leviticus 20:7–8 · Joshua 7:13 · Exodus 19:14–15 · 1 Corinthians 11:28
1 Samuel 16:7 John 7:24 · Jeremiah 17:10 · Luke 16:15 · Isaiah 55:8–9 · 1 Peter 3:4 · Proverbs 16:2 · Proverbs 31:30 · Psalm 147:10–11 · 1 Chronicles 28:9 · 1 Kings 8:39 · Acts 1:24 · Hebrews 4:13
1 Samuel 16:8 1 Samuel 17:13
1 Samuel 16:9 1 Samuel 17:13
1 Samuel 16:11 Psalm 78:70–71 · 2 Samuel 7:8 · 1 Chronicles 17:7 · 2 Samuel 13:3 · 1 Samuel 17:28 · 1 Samuel 17:12–15
1 Samuel 16:12 Lamentations 4:7 · Song of Solomon 5:10 · 1 Samuel 17:42 · 1 Samuel 9:17 · Psalm 89:19–20
1 Samuel 16:13 1 Samuel 10:6 · Hebrews 1:9 · John 3:34 · 1 Samuel 10:1 · Judges 11:29 · Numbers 27:18 · 1 Samuel 10:9–10 · Isaiah 11:1–3 · Judges 3:10 · Judges 14:6 · 1 Samuel 16:18 · 2 Kings 9:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.