Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 016
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And HaShem said unto Samuel: 'How long wilt thou mourn for
Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with
oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided Me
a king among his sons.
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And Samuel said: 'How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will
kill me.' And HaShem said: 'Take a heifer with thee, and say: I am come to
sacrifice to HaShem
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And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will tell thee what
thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto Me him whom I name unto thee.
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And Samuel did that which HaShem spoke, and came to Beth-lehem.
And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou
peaceably?
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And he said: 'Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice unto HaShem;
sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.' And he sanctified Jesse
and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice
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And it came to pass, when they were come, that he beheld
Eliab, and said: 'Surely HaShem'S anointed is before Him.
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But HaShem said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as
man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but HaShem looketh on the
heart.
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before
Samuel. And he said: 'Neither hath HaShem chosen this.
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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said: 'Neither
hath HaShem chosen this.
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And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.
And Samuel said unto Jesse: 'The HaShem hath not chosen these.
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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.
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And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and
withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon. And HaShem said: 'Arise,
anoint him; for this is he.
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Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the
midst of his brethren; and the spirit of HaShem came mightily upon David from
that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah
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Now the spirit of HaShem had departed from Saul, and an
evil spirit from HaShem terrified him
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And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil
spirit from G-d terrifieth thee
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Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before
thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be,
when the evil spirit from G-d cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his
hand, and thou shalt be well.
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And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide me now a man
that can play well, and bring him to me.
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Then answered one of the young men, and said: 'Behold, I
have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a
mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely
person, and HaShem is with him.
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Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said: 'Send
me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
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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
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And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved
him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer
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And Saul sent to Jesse, saying: 'Let David, I pray thee,
stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
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And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from G-d was
upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul found
relief, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him
Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 016
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