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1 Samuel

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1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, see­ing I have re­ject­ed him from reign­ing over Is­rael? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth­le­hemite: for I have pro­vid­ed me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sac­ri­fice to the LORD. 3 And call Jesse to the sac­ri­fice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth­le­hem. And the el­ders of the town trem­bled at his com­ing, and said, Comest thou peace­ably? 5 And he said, Peace­ably: I am come to sac­ri­fice unto the LORD: sanc­ti­fy your­selves, and come with me to the sac­ri­fice. And he sanc­ti­fied 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 the LORD'S anoint­ed is be­fore him. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his coun­te­nance, or on the height of his stature; be­cause I have re­fused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the out­ward ap­pear­ance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called Abi­nadab, and made him pass be­fore Samuel. And he said, Nei­ther hath the LORD cho­sen this. 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Nei­ther hath the LORD cho­sen this. 10 Again, Jesse made sev­en of his sons to pass be­fore Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not cho­sen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy chil­dren? 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 sit down till he come hith­er. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was rud­dy, and with­al of a beau­ti­ful coun­te­nance, and good­ly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anoint­ed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spir­it of the LORD came upon David from that day for­ward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 But the Spir­it of the LORD de­part­ed from Saul, and an evil spir­it from the LORD trou­bled him. 15 And Saul's ser­vants said unto him, Be­hold now, an evil spir­it from God trou­bleth thee. 16 Let our lord now com­mand thy ser­vants, which are be­fore thee, to seek out a man, who is a cun­ning play­er on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spir­it from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his ser­vants, Pro­vide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then an­swered one of the ser­vants, and said, Be­hold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth­le­hemite, that is cun­ning in play­ing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and pru­dent in mat­ters, and a come­ly per­son, and the LORD is with him. 19 Where­fore Saul sent mes­sen­gers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bot­tle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood be­fore him: and he loved him great­ly; and he be­came his ar­mourbear­er. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, say­ing, Let David, I pray thee, stand be­fore me; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spir­it from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was re­freshed, and was well, and the evil spir­it de­part­ed from him.