58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, (A)“I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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David Anointed King

16 The Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you grieve over 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 Jesse the Bethlehemite, (D)for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

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18 One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, (A)a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, (B)and the Lord is with him.”

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22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

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