1 Samuel 16

David Anointed as King

1 # 1 Sam 9.16; 15.23, 35; 2 Kings 9.1; Ps 78.70; Acts 13.22 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2#1 Sam 20.29Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 3#Ex 4.15; 1 Sam 9.16Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do, and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you.” 4#1 Kings 2.13; 2 Kings 9.22; Lk 2.4Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5#Ex 19.10He said, “Peaceably. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

6 # 1 Sam 7.13 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely his anointed is now before the Lord.” 7#1 Kings 8.39; 1 Chr 28.9; Isa 55.8But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 8#1 Sam 17.13Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 9#1 Sam 17.13Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 10Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.” 11#1 Sam 17.12Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.” 12#1 Sam 9.17; 17.42He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him, for this is the one.” 13#1 Sam 10.1, 6, 9, 10Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.

David Plays the Lyre for Saul

14 # Judg 16.20; 1 Sam 18.10 Now the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. 15And Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16#v 23; 1 Sam 18.10; 19.9; 2 Kings 3.15Let our lord now command the servants who attend you to look for someone who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will feel better.” 17So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me.” 18#1 Sam 3.19; 17.32–36One of the young men answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a warrior, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.” 19So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.” 20#1 Sam 10.27; Prov 18.16Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid and sent them by his son David to Saul. 21#Gen 41.46; Prov 22.29And David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul#16.21 Heb He loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer. 22Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.” 23#vv 14–16And whenever the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand, and Saul would be relieved and feel better, and the evil spirit would depart from him.

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