My LORD’s Bible1 Samuel 16
1And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל עַד־מָתַי אַתָּה מִתְאַבֵּל אֶל־שָׁאוּל וַאֲנִי מְאַסְתִּיו מִמְּלֹךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלֵּא קַרְנְךָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֵךְ אֶשְׁלָחֲךָ אֶל־יִשַׁי בֵּית־הַלַּחְמִי כִּי־רָאִיתִי בְּבָנָיו לִי מֶלֶךְ׃ (6770)
See also: Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 15:23, 2 Kings 9:1, Psalms 89:20, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 15:35, Psalms 78:68-71, John 7:42, 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 15:26, 1 Samuel 16:15, 2 Samuel 5:2, Romans 15:12, Hebrews 11:32, Joshua 7:10, 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 13:13-14, 1 Kings 8:16, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Psalms 75:7
2And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֵיךְ אֵלֵךְ וְשָׁמַע שָׁאוּל וַהֲרָגָנִי ס וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה עֶגְלַת בָּקָר תִּקַּח בְּיָדֶךָ וְאָמַרְתָּ לִזְבֹּחַ לַיהוָה בָּאתִי׃ (4598)
See also: 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 20:29, 1 Samuel 7:9, 2 Kings 9:3, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 10:16, Exodus 3:11, Leviticus 17:8, 1 Samuel 20:6, 2 Samuel 15:8, 1 Kings 18:9-14, Jeremiah 38:26-27, Jeremiah 38:27, Luke 1:34, Acts 9:13, Genesis 34:30
3And 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.
וְקָרָאתָ לְיִשַׁי בַּזָּבַח וְאָנֹכִי אֹודִיעֲךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂה וּמָשַׁחְתָּ לִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ׃ (4949)
See also: 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 16:12-13, 2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 1:34, 1 Chronicles 11:3, 1 Chronicles 12:23, Acts 9:6, Exodus 4:15, Deuteronomy 17:14-15, 1 Samuel 9:12-13, Ezekiel 39:17, Matthew 22:1-4
4And 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?
וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁמוּאֵל אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה וַיָּבֹא בֵּית לָחֶם וַיֶּחֶרְדוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר לִקְרָאתֹו וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁלֹם בֹּואֶךָ׃ (4485)
See also: 1 Samuel 21:1, 1 Kings 2:13, Mark 5:15, 2 Kings 9:22, 1 Chronicles 12:17-18, Luke 5:8, Luke 8:47, 1 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 9:17, Matthew 21:10, Genesis 48:7, 1 Samuel 18:12, 2 Samuel 6:9, Hosea 6:5, Hosea 11:10, Matthew 8:34, Luke 2:4, Luke 8:37, Acts 5:13, John 7:42
5And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ שָׁלֹום לִזְבֹּחַ לַיהוָה בָּאתִי הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ וּבָאתֶם אִתִּי בַּזָּבַח וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־יִשַׁי וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא לָהֶם לַזָּבַח׃ (4898)
See also: Joshua 3:5, Job 1:5, Exodus 19:10, Leviticus 20:7-8, Zephaniah 1:7, Exodus 19:14-15, Joshua 7:13, Joel 2:16, 1 Corinthians 11:28, Numbers 11:8, 1 Samuel 20:26, 2 Chronicles 30:17-20, Psalms 26:2-6, John 11:55
6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.
וַיְהִי בְּבֹואָם וַיַּרְא אֶת־אֱלִיאָב וַיֹּאמֶר אַךְ נֶגֶד יְהוָה מְשִׁיחֹו׃ (1469)
See also: 1 Chronicles 28:4, 2 Chronicles 11:18, Judges 14:11, 1 Samuel 9:17, 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 27:18, Psalms 84:9, Lamentations 4:20
7But 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל אַל־תַּבֵּט אֶל־מַרְאֵהוּ וְאֶל־גְּבֹהַּ קֹומָתֹו כִּי מְאַסְתִּיהוּ כִּי ׀ לֹא אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָאָדָם כִּי הָאָדָם יִרְאֶה לַעֵינַיִם וַיהוָה יִרְאֶה לַלֵּבָב׃ (4213)
See also: John 7:24, Jeremiah 17:10, Luke 16:15, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Peter 3:4, Isaiah 55:8-9, Proverbs 16:2, Proverbs 31:30, Psalms 147:10-11, John 4:24, Hebrews 4:13, 1 Kings 8:39, Proverbs 21:2, Acts 1:24, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalms 51:6, Psalms 139:2, Jeremiah 20:12, Revelation 2:23, 1 Samuel 10:23-24
8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
וַיִּקְרָא יִשַׁי אֶל־אֲבִינָדָב וַיַּעֲבִרֵהוּ לִפְנֵי שְׁמוּאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־בָּזֶה לֹא־בָחַר יְהוָה׃ (2164)
See also: 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13
9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
וַיַּעֲבֵר יִשַׁי שַׁמָּה וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־בָּזֶה לֹא־בָחַר יְהוָה׃ (1534)
See also: 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 17:13, 2 Samuel 21:21, 1 Chronicles 20:7, 2 Samuel 13:32, 1 Chronicles 2:13
10Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
וַיַּעֲבֵר יִשַׁי שִׁבְעַת בָּנָיו לִפְנֵי שְׁמוּאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־יִשַׁי לֹא־בָחַר יְהוָה בָּאֵלֶּה׃ (3285)
11And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־יִשַׁי הֲתַמּוּ הַנְּעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר עֹוד שָׁאַר הַקָּטָן וְהִנֵּה רֹעֶה בַּצֹּאן וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־יִשַׁי שִׁלְחָה וְקָחֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־נָסֹב עַד־בֹּאֹו פֹה׃ (5136)
See also: 2 Samuel 7:8, Psalms 78:70-71, 1 Samuel 17:14, 1 Samuel 17:28, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Chronicles 17:7, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 17:12-15, 1 Samuel 17:15, Acts 7:46, 1 Chronicles 10:14, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 20:2, John 7:42, Genesis 34:5, Genesis 46:32
12And 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.
וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיְבִיאֵהוּ וְהוּא אַדְמֹונִי עִם־יְפֵה עֵינַיִם וְטֹוב רֹאִי פ וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה קוּם מְשָׁחֵהוּ כִּי־זֶה הוּא׃ (2064)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:1, Psalms 89:20, 2 Samuel 23:1, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Genesis 39:6, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 17:42, Deuteronomy 17:15, 1 Samuel 16:3, Psalms 89:19-20, Song of Solomon 5:10, Lamentations 4:7, 1 Samuel 9:17, 2 Kings 9:3, 2 Chronicles 13:5, Psalms 2:2, Acts 4:27, Acts 7:20, Genesis 37:4
13Then 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.
וַיִּקַּח שְׁמוּאֵל אֶת־קֶרֶן הַשֶּׁמֶן וַיִּמְשַׁח אֹתֹו בְּקֶרֶב אֶחָיו וַתִּצְלַח רוּחַ־יְהוָה אֶל־דָּוִד מֵהַיֹּום הַהוּא וָמָעְלָה וַיָּקָם שְׁמוּאֵל וַיֵּלֶךְ הָרָמָתָה׃ (5084)
See also: Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:1, Hebrews 1:9, John 3:34, Hebrews 11:32, Numbers 27:18, Judges 11:29, 1 Samuel 10:9-10, 1 Samuel 11:6, 1 Samuel 18:12, 2 Samuel 5:3, 2 Samuel 12:7, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 131:1, Judges 3:10, Judges 14:6, 1 Samuel 28:15, Psalms 71:5, Isaiah 11:1-3
14But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
וְרוּחַ יְהוָה סָרָה מֵעִם שָׁאוּל וּבִעֲתַתּוּ רוּחַ־רָעָה מֵאֵת יְהוָה׃ (2838)
See also: Psalms 51:11, 1 Samuel 18:12, Judges 9:23, Judges 16:20, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 28:15, Acts 19:15-16, 1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Kings 22:22, Hosea 9:12, 1 Samuel 11:6, 1 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:28, Judges 6:34, 1 Samuel 26:19, Psalms 36:3, Judges 16:29
15And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַבְדֵי־שָׁאוּל אֵלָיו הִנֵּה־נָא רוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים רָעָה מְבַעִתֶּךָ׃ (1951)
See also: 1 Samuel 16:1
16Let 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.
יֹאמַר־נָא אֲדֹנֵנוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ יְבַקְשׁוּ אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכִּנֹּור וְהָיָה בִּהְיֹות עָלֶיךָ רוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים רָעָה וְנִגֵּן בְּיָדֹו וְטֹוב לָךְ׃ (3301)
See also: 2 Kings 3:15, 1 Kings 10:8, 1 Samuel 16:21-23, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 19:9, Genesis 41:46, 1 Samuel 10:5, 2 Samuel 6:5
17And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל־עֲבָדָיו רְאוּ־נָא לִי אִישׁ מֵיטִיב לְנַגֵּן וַהֲבִיאֹותֶם אֵלָי׃ (2041)
18Then 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.
וַיַּעַן אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה רָאִיתִי בֵּן לְיִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי יֹדֵעַ נַגֵּן וְגִבֹּור חַיִל וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָה וּנְבֹון דָּבָר וְאִישׁ תֹּאַר וַיהוָה עִמֹּו׃ (4687)
See also: Genesis 39:2, 1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Samuel 17:32, 1 Samuel 18:14, Genesis 39:23, 1 Samuel 10:7, Psalms 89:19, 1 Samuel 17:12, Psalms 131:1, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, Numbers 27:18, 1 Samuel 18:12-14, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 17:8, 2 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 16:13, Zechariah 10:5, John 7:42, 1 Samuel 17:58
19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
וַיִּשְׁלַח שָׁאוּל מַלְאָכִים אֶל־יִשָׁי וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁלְחָה אֵלַי אֶת־דָּוִד בִּנְךָ אֲשֶׁר בַּצֹּאן׃ (2955)
See also: 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 17:15, Psalms 78:70-72, Exodus 3:1-10, 1 Samuel 17:33-34, 1 Kings 19:19, Psalms 113:8, Amos 1:1, Amos 7:14-15, Matthew 4:18-22
20And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
וַיִּקַּח יִשַׁי חֲמֹור לֶחֶם וְנֹאד יַיִן וּגְדִי עִזִּים אֶחָד וַיִּשְׁלַח בְּיַד־דָּוִד בְּנֹו אֶל־שָׁאוּל׃ (1880)
See also: 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:18, Proverbs 18:16, Genesis 27:9, 2 Samuel 16:1, Genesis 43:11, 1 Samuel 25:18
21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
וַיָּבֹא דָוִד אֶל־שָׁאוּל וַיַּעֲמֹד לְפָנָיו וַיֶּאֱהָבֵהוּ מְאֹד וַיְהִי־לֹו נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים׃ (1305)
See also: Genesis 41:46, 1 Kings 1:2, Proverbs 22:29, 1 Samuel 19:7, 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Samuel 17:55, Psalms 146:3, Deuteronomy 10:8, Psalms 118:9, Deuteronomy 1:38, 1 Samuel 18:2, 1 Kings 10:8, Psalms 62:9
22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
וַיִּשְׁלַח שָׁאוּל אֶל־יִשַׁי לֵאמֹר יַעֲמָד־נָא דָוִד לְפָנַי כִּי־מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָי׃ (2033)
23And 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.
וְהָיָה בִּהְיֹות רוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים אֶל־שָׁאוּל וְלָקַח דָּוִד אֶת־הַכִּנֹּור וְנִגֵּן בְּיָדֹו וְרָוַח לְשָׁאוּל וְטֹוב לֹו וְסָרָה מֵעָלָיו רוּחַ הָרָעָה׃ (3655)