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1 Samuel 16 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:6 - Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:12 - So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:14 - Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:15 - And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:17 - And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21 - And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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1 Samuel Chapter 16 — Additional Translations:

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