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 Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 1Sa 15:232Ki 9:11Sa 15:35Psa 78:68-711Sa 10:11Sa 15:261Sa 16:15Rom 15:12 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. 1 1Sa 9:121Sa 20:29Mat 10:161Ki 18:9-14Exo 3:11Jer 38:26-27Luk 1:34 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. 1Sa 9:161Sa 16:12-132Sa 15:11Act 9:61Sa 9:12-13Deu 17:14-15Exo 4:15Mat 22:1-4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 2 1Ki 2:131Ch 12:17-181Sa 21:12Ki 9:22Luk 5:81Ki 17:182Sa 6:9Gen 48:7 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. Exo 19:10Jos 3:5Lev 20:7-81Co 11:28Exo 19:14-15Jos 7:132Ch 30:17-20Job 1:5
¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him. 3 1Sa 17:131Ch 2:131Sa 17:22Jdg 8:181Ch 27:181Ki 12:26 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. 4 Jhn 7:24Jer 17:10Luk 16:151Pe 3:4Isa 55:8-9Pro 16:2Pro 31:30Psa 147:10-11 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 1Sa 17:131Ch 2:13 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 5 1Sa 17:131Ch 2:132Sa 13:3 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 1Ch 2:13-15 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. 6 Psa 78:70-712Sa 7:81Ch 17:71Sa 17:282Sa 13:31Sa 17:12-15 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. 7 Lam 4:7Sng 5:101Sa 17:421Sa 9:17Psa 89:19-20Act 4:27Act 7:20Gen 39:6 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. 1Sa 10:6Heb 1:9Jhn 3:341Sa 10:11Sa 10:9-10Jdg 11:29Num 27:18Isa 11:1-3
¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. 8 Psa 51:111Sa 18:12Jdg 9:231Sa 18:101Sa 28:15Jdg 16:20Act 19:15-161Ki 22:22 And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 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. 2Ki 3:151Ki 10:81Sa 16:21-231Sa 18:101Sa 19:91Sa 10:5Gen 41:46 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, 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. 9 1Sa 3:19Gen 39:231Sa 17:32-36Gen 39:21Sa 10:7Mat 1:23Mat 28:201Sa 18:12-14
¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 1Sa 16:111Sa 17:15Psa 78:70-721Ki 19:191Sa 17:33-34Amo 1:1Amo 7:14-15Exo 3:1-10 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. 1Sa 10:27Pro 18:161Sa 17:181Sa 25:182Sa 16:1-2Gen 43:11 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. Gen 41:46Pro 22:29Psa 146:3Deu 10:8Psa 118:91Ki 10:8Deu 1:38Psa 62:9 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. 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. 1Sa 16:14-161Sa 18:10-11Luk 11:24-26Mat 12:43-45