The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for 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 a king for myself among his sons.” 1Sa 15:232Ki 9:11Sa 15:35Psa 78:68-711Sa 10:11Sa 15:261Sa 16:15Rom 15:12
Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” 1Sa 9:121Sa 20:29Mat 10:161Ki 18:9-14Exo 3:11Jer 38:26-27Luk 1:34
The LORD said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.” 1Sa 9:161Sa 16:12-132Sa 15:11Act 9:61Sa 9:12-13Deu 17:14-15Exo 4:15Mat 22:1-4
Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 1Ki 2:131Ch 12:17-181Sa 21:12Ki 9:22Luk 5:81Ki 17:182Sa 6:9Gen 48:7
He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” 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 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.” 1Sa 17:131Ch 2:131Sa 17:22Jdg 8:181Ch 27:181Ki 12:26
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 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. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.” 1Sa 17:131Ch 2:13 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.” 1Sa 17:131Ch 2:132Sa 13:3 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.” 1Ch 2:13-15 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” Psa 78:70-712Sa 7:81Ch 17:71Sa 17:282Sa 13:31Sa 17:12-15
He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.”
Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. The LORD said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.” 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 middle of his brothers. Then the LORD’s Spirit came mightily on 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 Now the LORD’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. Psa 51:111Sa 18:12Jdg 9:231Sa 18:101Sa 28:15Jdg 16:20Act 19:15-161Ki 22:22 Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you. Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well.” 2Ki 3:151Ki 10:81Sa 16:21-231Sa 18:101Sa 19:91Sa 10:5Gen 41:46
Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.” 1Sa 3:19Gen 39:231Sa 17:32-36Gen 39:21Sa 10:7Mat 1:23Mat 28:201Sa 18:12-14
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who 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
Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul. 1Sa 10:27Pro 18:161Sa 17:181Sa 25:182Sa 16:1-2Gen 43:11 David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer. Gen 41:46Pro 22:29Psa 146:3Deu 10:8Psa 118:91Ki 10:8Deu 1:38Psa 62:9 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.” When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the 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