1 Samuel 16

And God said to Samuel, “Until when will you be mourning for Saul, since I myself have rejected him from {being} king over Israel? Fill your horn {with} oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen among his sons a king for me.”

But Samuel said, “How shall I go? If Saul hears, then he will kill me.” So God said, “Take a heifer of cattle in your hand and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to God.’

And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I myself will make you know what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me whom I say to you.” \*

And Samuel did what God had spoken, and he came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city trembled to meet him, and they said, “{Is} your coming {in} peace?”

And he said, “{In} peace. I have come to sacrifice to God. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and he invited them to the sacrifice. \*

And it happened, in their coming, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely his anointed one {is} before God.”

But God said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For not what man sees, for man looks at the eyes, but God looks at the heart.” \*

Then Jesse called for Abinadab and made him pass over to the face of Samuel, but he said, “God has also not chosen this {one}.”

Then Jesse made Shammah pass over, but he said, “God has also not chosen this {one}.”

And Jesse made seven of his sons pass over to the face of Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “God has not chosen among these.” \*

So Samuel said to Jesse, “Are your young men complete?” And he said, “The youngest still remains, but behold, he is tending among the flock.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not go around until he comes here.”

So he sent and brought him. Now he {was} ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a good appearance. And God said, “Arise, anoint him, for this {is} he.” \*

And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of God rushed upon David from that day and onward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. \*

Now the Spirit of God turned from with Saul, and a bad spirit from with God terrified him.

And the servants of Saul said to him, “Behold, please, a bad spirit from God is terrifying you.

May our master please say to your servants to your face, ‘Seek a man knowing playing upon the lyre.’ And it will happen, when the bad spirit from God is upon you, that he will play by his hand, and it will be good for you.” \*

And Saul said to his servants, “Please look for a man for me being good at playing, and bring him to me.”

And one from the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, knowing playing and mighty of valor and a man of war and discerning of word and a man of appearance. And God {is} with him.”

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse. And he said, “Send to me David your son, who {is} with the flock.” \*

So Jesse took a donkey, bread, and a skin of wine and one kid of goats, and he sent {them} by the hand of David his son to Saul.

And David came to Saul, and he stood to his face. And he loved him greatly, and he became to him a carrier of equipment. \*

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand to my face, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

And it happened, when the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the lyre and played {it} by his hand. And it breathed to Saul, and it was good for him, and the bad spirit turned away from upon him. \*