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I Samuel Chapter 16

I Samuel
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I Samuel

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Samuel, the prophet, is sent to the house of Eli to anoint David as king, but David is hidden away. The chapter shows the tension between the prophet’s call and the people’s resistance, highlighting God’s choice of a humble shepherd over a proud warrior. It also underscores the importance of waiting on God’s timing and the dangers of pride.

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(1) 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 Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
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I Samuel 15:11I Samuel 15:35Jeremiah 7:16Jeremiah 11:14I Samuel 16:15I Samuel 16:23I Samuel 13:13I Samuel 13:14I Samuel 15:23I Samuel 15:26Jeremiah 6:30Jeremiah 14:11

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I Samuel 16:11II Kings 8:12Psalms 13:1I Samuel 16:13I Samuel 16:10Genesis 38:17

(2) 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.
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Exodus 3:11I Kings 18:9I Kings 18:10I Kings 18:11I Kings 18:12I Kings 18:13I Kings 18:14Matthew 10:16Luke 1:34I Samuel 9:12I Samuel 20:29Jeremiah 38:26

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I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17I Samuel 3:10

(3) 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.
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I Samuel 9:12I Samuel 9:13II Samuel 15:11Matthew 22:1Matthew 22:2Matthew 22:3Matthew 22:4Exodus 4:15Acts 9:6I Samuel 16:12I Samuel 16:13I Samuel 9:16

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I Samuel 16:5Exodus 34:15Ezekiel 39:17

(4) And 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?
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I Samuel 21:1II Samuel 6:9I Kings 17:18Hosea 6:5Hosea 11:10Luke 5:8Luke 8:37I Kings 2:13II Kings 9:22I Chronicles 12:17I Chronicles 12:18

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I Kings 2:13I Samuel 3:10

(5) 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.
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Exodus 19:10Exodus 19:14Exodus 19:15Leviticus 20:7Leviticus 20:8Numbers 11:8Joshua 3:5Joshua 7:13II Chronicles 30:17II Chronicles 30:18II Chronicles 30:19II Chronicles 30:20

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Ezekiel 39:17Exodus 8:26Exodus 23:18Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:25Leviticus 7:16

(6) And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
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I Samuel 17:13I Samuel 17:22I Chronicles 2:13I Chronicles 27:18Judges 8:18I Kings 12:26

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Jeremiah 44:25I Samuel 24:6

(7) 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.
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I Samuel 9:2I Samuel 10:23I Samuel 10:24II Samuel 14:25Psalms 147:10Psalms 147:11Proverbs 31:30Job 10:4Isaiah 55:8Isaiah 55:9Luke 16:15I Peter 2:4

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Job 28:24Isaiah 28:4John 12:45Ezekiel 1:27II Corinthians 10:7Ezekiel 44:1

(8) Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
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I Samuel 17:13I Chronicles 2:13

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I Samuel 16:10I Samuel 16:11I Samuel 3:10

(9) Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
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I Samuel 17:13II Samuel 13:3I Chronicles 2:13

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I Samuel 16:10

(10) Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
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I Chronicles 2:13I Chronicles 2:14I Chronicles 2:15

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I Samuel 16:11I Samuel 3:10I Samuel 16:8Ruth 4:22I Samuel 16:1I Samuel 3:6

(11) 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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I Samuel 17:12I Samuel 17:13I Samuel 17:14I Samuel 17:15I Samuel 17:28II Samuel 7:8I Chronicles 17:7Psalms 78:70Psalms 78:71

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I Samuel 16:10I Samuel 3:10I Samuel 3:6I Samuel 3:16I Samuel 9:26I Samuel 16:1

(12) 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.
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I Samuel 17:42Song of Solomon 5:10Lamentations 4:7Acts 7:20Hebrews 11:23I Samuel 9:17Psalms 2:2Psalms 2:6Psalms 89:19Psalms 89:20Acts 4:27

(13) 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.
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I Samuel 10:1II Kings 9:6I Samuel 16:18I Samuel 10:6I Samuel 10:9I Samuel 10:10Numbers 11:17Numbers 27:18Judges 3:10Judges 11:29Judges 13:25Judges 14:6

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I Samuel 3:10I Samuel 15:12I Samuel 19:18Leviticus 7:12I Samuel 10:1I Samuel 16:1

(14) But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
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I Samuel 11:6I Samuel 18:12I Samuel 28:15Judges 16:29Psalms 51:11Hosea 9:12I Samuel 18:10I Samuel 19:9I Samuel 19:10Judges 9:23I Kings 22:22Acts 19:15

(15) And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
(16) 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.
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I Samuel 16:21I Samuel 16:22Genesis 41:46I Kings 10:8I Samuel 16:23I Samuel 10:5II Kings 3:15

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II Kings 4:26Zephaniah 2:3

(17) And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
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II Kings 4:26

(18) Then 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.
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I Samuel 17:32I Samuel 17:33I Samuel 17:34I Samuel 17:35I Samuel 17:36II Samuel 17:8II Samuel 17:10II Samuel 14:20I Samuel 3:19I Samuel 10:7I Samuel 18:12I Samuel 18:13

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Leviticus 19:15II Samuel 17:10II Chronicles 13:3Isaiah 3:2Ezekiel 32:27Joel 3:9

(19) Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
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I Samuel 16:11I Samuel 17:15I Samuel 17:33I Samuel 17:34Exodus 3:1Exodus 3:2Exodus 3:3Exodus 3:4Exodus 3:5Exodus 3:6Exodus 3:7Exodus 3:8

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I Samuel 16:11Exodus 22:1John 10:12I Kings 20:9

(20) 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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I Samuel 10:27I Samuel 17:18I Samuel 25:18Genesis 43:11II Samuel 16:1II Samuel 16:2Proverbs 18:16

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Jeremiah 13:12Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17Numbers 22:23

(21) And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
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Genesis 41:46Deuteronomy 1:38Deuteronomy 10:8I Kings 10:8Proverbs 22:29Psalms 62:9Psalms 118:9Psalms 146:3

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I Samuel 20:17Malachi 1:2

(22) And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
(23) 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.
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I Samuel 16:14I Samuel 16:16I Samuel 18:10I Samuel 18:11Matthew 12:43Matthew 12:44Matthew 12:45Luke 11:24Luke 11:25Luke 11:26

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II Kings 4:26

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