1 Samuel 16:1
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Samuel Goes to Bethlehem
16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “(A)How long are you going to mourn for [a]Saul, since (B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? (C)Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to (D)Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have (E)chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:1 I.e., God’s rejection of Saul
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for [a]God does not see as man sees, since man looks at [b]the outward appearance, (A)but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:7 As in LXX; MT, He does not see what man sees
- 1 Samuel 16:7 Lit the eyes; or what is before the eyes
1 Samuel 16:13
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13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and (A)anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and (B)the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
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