²⁸ So Samuel said to him, ^(A)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

David Anointed King

16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? ^(B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to ^(C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For ^(D)I have ^[a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”

¹² So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ^(A)ruddy, ^(B)with ^[a]bright eyes, and good-looking. ^(C)And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!”

¹⁷ And the Lord has done for ^[a]Himself ^(A)as He spoke by me. For the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.

David’s Army at Hebron

²³ Now these were the numbers of the ^[a]divisions that were equipped for war, and ^(A)came to David at ^(B)Hebron to ^(C)turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, ^(D)according to the word of the Lord: