1st Samuel Chapter 16 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Samuel, <H8050> How long wilt thou mourn <H0056> for Saul, <H7586> seeing I have rejected <H3988> him from reigning <H4427> over Israel? <H3478> fill <H4390> thine horn <H7161> with oil, <H8081> and go, <H3212> I will send <H7971> thee to Jesse <H3448> the Bethlehemite: <H1022> for I have provided <H7200> me a king <H4428> among his sons. <H1121>
2: And Samuel <H8050> said, <H0559> How can I go? <H3212> if Saul <H7586> hear <H8085> [it], he will kill <H2026> me. And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> Take <H3947> an heifer <H1241> <H5697> with thee, <H3027> and say, <H0559> I am come <H0935> to sacrifice <H2076> to the LORD. <H3068>
3: And call <H7121> Jesse <H3448> to the sacrifice, <H2077> and I will shew <H3045> thee what thou shalt do: <H6213> and thou shalt anoint <H4886> unto me [him] whom I name <H0559> unto thee.
4: And Samuel <H8050> did <H6213> that which the LORD <H3068> spake, <H1696> and came <H0935> to Bethlehem. <H1035> And the elders <H2205> of the town <H5892> trembled <H2729> at his coming, <H7125> and said, <H0559> Comest <H0935> thou peaceably? <H7965>
5: And he said, <H0559> Peaceably: <H7965> I am come <H0935> to sacrifice <H2076> unto the LORD: <H3068> sanctify <H6942> yourselves, and come <H0935> with me to the sacrifice. <H2077> And he sanctified <H6942> Jesse <H3448> and his sons, <H1121> and called <H7121> them to the sacrifice. <H2077>
6: And it came to pass, when they were come, <H0935> that he looked <H7200> on Eliab, <H0446> and said, <H0559> Surely the LORD'S <H3068> anointed <H4899> [is] before him.
7: But the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Samuel, <H8050> Look <H5027> not on his countenance, <H4758> or on the height <H1364> of his stature; <H6967> because I have refused <H3988> him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man <H0120> seeth; <H7200> for man <H0120> looketh <H7200> on the outward appearance, <H5869> but the LORD <H3068> looketh <H7200> on the heart. <H3824>
8: Then Jesse <H3448> called <H7121> Abinadab, <H0041> and made him pass <H5674> before <H6440> Samuel. <H8050> And he said, <H0559> Neither hath the LORD <H3068> chosen <H0977> this.
9: Then Jesse <H3448> made Shammah <H8048> to pass by. <H5674> And he said, <H0559> Neither hath the LORD <H3068> chosen <H0977> this.
10: Again, Jesse <H3448> made seven <H7651> of his sons <H1121> to pass <H5674> before <H6440> Samuel. <H8050> And Samuel <H8050> said <H0559> unto Jesse, <H3448> The LORD <H3068> hath not chosen <H0977> these.
11: And Samuel <H8050> said <H0559> unto Jesse, <H3448> Are here all <H8552> [thy] children? <H5288> And he said, <H0559> There remaineth <H7604> yet the youngest, <H6996> and, behold, he keepeth <H7462> the sheep. <H6629> And Samuel <H8050> said <H0559> unto Jesse, <H3448> Send <H7971> and fetch <H3947> him: for we will not sit down <H5437> till he come <H0935> hither. <H6311>
12: And he sent, <H7971> and brought him in. <H0935> Now he [was] ruddy, <H0132> [and] withal <H5973> of a beautiful <H3303> countenance, <H5869> and goodly <H2896> to look to. <H7210> And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> Arise, <H6965> anoint <H4886> him: for this [is] he.
13: Then Samuel <H8050> took <H3947> the horn <H7161> of oil, <H8081> and anointed <H4886> him in the midst <H7130> of his brethren: <H0251> and the Spirit <H7307> of the LORD <H3068> came <H6743> upon David <H1732> from that day <H3117> forward. <H4605> So Samuel <H8050> rose up, <H6965> and went <H3212> to Ramah. <H7414>
14: But the Spirit <H7307> of the LORD <H3068> departed <H5493> from Saul, <H7586> and an evil <H7451> spirit <H7307> from the LORD <H3068> troubled <H1204> him.
15: And Saul's <H7586> servants <H5650> said <H0559> unto him, Behold now, an evil <H7451> spirit <H7307> from God <H0430> troubleth <H1204> thee.
16: Let our lord <H0113> now command <H0559> thy servants, <H5650> [which are] before <H6440> thee, to seek out <H1245> a man, <H0376> [who is] a cunning <H3045> player <H5059> on an harp: <H3658> and it shall come to pass, when the evil <H7451> spirit <H7307> from God <H0430> is upon thee, that he shall play <H5059> with his hand, <H3027> and thou shalt be well. <H2895>
17: And Saul <H7586> said <H0559> unto his servants, <H5650> Provide <H7200> me now a man <H0376> that can play <H5059> well, <H3190> and bring <H0935> [him] to me.
18: Then answered <H6030> one <H0259> of the servants, <H5288> and said, <H0559> Behold, I have seen <H7200> a son <H1121> of Jesse <H3448> the Bethlehemite, <H1022> [that is] cunning <H3045> in playing, <H5059> and a mighty <H1368> valiant <H2428> man, and a man <H0376> of war, <H4421> and prudent <H0995> in matters, <H1697> and a comely <H8389> person, <H0376> and the LORD <H3068> [is] with him.
19: Wherefore Saul <H7586> sent <H7971> messengers <H4397> unto Jesse, <H3448> and said, <H0559> Send <H7971> me David <H1732> thy son, <H1121> which [is] with the sheep. <H6629>
20: And Jesse <H3448> took <H3947> an ass <H2543> [laden] with bread, <H3899> and a bottle <H4997> of wine, <H3196> and a <H0259> kid, <H1423> <H5795> and sent <H7971> [them] by <H3027> David <H1732> his son <H1121> unto Saul. <H7586>
21: And David <H1732> came <H0935> to Saul, <H7586> and stood <H5975> before <H6440> him: and he loved <H0157> him greatly; <H3966> and he became his armourbearer. <H5375> <H3627>
22: And Saul <H7586> sent <H7971> to Jesse, <H3448> saying, <H0559> Let David, <H1732> I pray thee, stand <H5975> before <H6440> me; for he hath found <H4672> favour <H2580> in my sight. <H5869>
23: And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit <H7307> from God <H0430> was upon Saul, <H7586> that David <H1732> took <H3947> an harp, <H3658> and played <H5059> with his hand: <H3027> so Saul <H7586> was refreshed, <H7304> and was well, <H2895> and the evil <H7451> spirit <H7307> departed <H5493> from him.