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1 Samuel 16 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

1Sa 16:1

1Sa 16:1The LORD said to Shemu'el, How long will you mourn for Sha'ul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Yisra'el? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Yishai the Beit-Hallachmite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1Sa 16:2

1Sa 16:2Shemu'el said, How can I go? if Sha'ul hear it, he will kill me. The LORD said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

1Sa 16:3

1Sa 16:3Call Yishai to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.

1Sa 16:4

1Sa 16:4Shemu'el did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Beit-Lechem. The Zakenim of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Come you peaceably?

1Sa 16:5

1Sa 16:5He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Yishai and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

1Sa 16:6

1Sa 16:6It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eli'av, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.

1Sa 16:7

1Sa 16:7But the LORD said to Shemu'el, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

1Sa 16:8

1Sa 16:8Then Yishai called Avinadav, and made him pass before Shemu'el. He said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.

1Sa 16:9

1Sa 16:9Then Yishai made Shammah to pass by. He said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.

1Sa 16:10

1Sa 16:10Yishai made seven of his sons to pass before Shemu'el. Shemu'el said to Yishai, the LORD has not chosen these.

1Sa 16:11

1Sa 16:11Shemu'el said to Yishai, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. Shemu'el said to Yishai, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.

David Anointed

1Sa 16:12

1Sa 16:12He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. The LORD said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

1Sa 16:13

1Sa 16:13Then Shemu'el took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on David from that day forward. So Shemu'el rose up, and went to Ramah.

1Sa 16:14

1Sa 16:14Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Sha'ul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

1Sa 16:15

1Sa 16:15Sha'ul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

1Sa 16:16

1Sa 16:16Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.

1Sa 16:17

1Sa 16:17Sha'ul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.

1Sa 16:18

1Sa 16:18Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Yishai the Beit-Hallachmite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and the LORD is with him.

1Sa 16:19

1Sa 16:19Therefore Sha'ul sent messengers to Yishai, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.

1Sa 16:20

1Sa 16:20Yishai took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Sha'ul.

1Sa 16:21

1Sa 16:21David came to Sha'ul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

1Sa 16:22

1Sa 16:22Sha'ul sent to Yishai, saying, Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.

1Sa 16:23

1Sa 16:23It happened, when the evil spirit from God was on Sha'ul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Sha'ul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
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