⁶ When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab^(A) and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.”

¹³ Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab;^(A) the second, Abinadab;^(B) and the third, Shammah.^(C)

²² David left his things with the keeper of supplies,^(A) ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.

¹⁸ Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?^(A)”

“Men like you,” they answered, “each one with the bearing of a prince.”

²⁶ Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.