1 Samuel 16

Verse 1

WEB Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

KJV And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

TSK A. M. 2941. B.C. 1063. How long: 1sa 15:11,35, jer 7:16, jer 11:14; seeing: 1sa 16:15,23, 1sa 13:13,14, 1sa 15:23,26, jer 6:30, jer 14:11,12, jer 15:1, 1jo 5:16; horn with oil: 1sa 9:16, 1sa 10:1, 2ki 9:1,3,6; Jesse: 1sa 13:14, ge 49:8-10, ru 4:18-22, 1ch 2:10-15, ps 78:68-71, ps 89:19,20, isa 11:1,10, isa 55:4, ac 13:21,22, ro 15:12

Verse 2

WEB Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.

KJV And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

TSK How can I go: ex 3:11, 1ki 18:9-14, mt 10:16, lu 1:34; with thee: 1sa 9:12; I am come: 1sa 9:12, 1sa 20:29, jer 38:26,27

Verse 3

WEB Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.”

KJV And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

TSK call Jesse: 1sa 9:12,13, 2sa 15:11, mt 22:1-4; and I will shew: ex 4:15, ac 9:6; anoint: 1sa 16:12,13, 1sa 9:16, de 17:14

Verse 4

WEB Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

KJV And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

TSK trembled: 1sa 21:1, 2sa 6:9, 1ki 17:18, ho 6:5, ho 11:10, lu 5:8, lu 8:37; Comest: 1ki 2:13, 2ki 9:22, 1ch 12:17,18

Verse 5

WEB He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

KJV And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

TSK sanctify yourselves: ex 19:10,14,15, le 20:7,8, nu 11:8, jos 3:5, jos 7:13, 2ch 30:17-20, job 1:5, ps 26:2-6, joe 2:16, 1co 11:28

Verse 6

WEB It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”

KJV And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.

TSK Eliab: 1sa 17:13,22, 1ch 2:13, 1ch 27:18; Elihu: jud 8:18, 1ki 12:26

Verse 7

WEB But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

KJV But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

TSK Look not: 1sa 9:2, 1sa 10:23,24, 2sa 14:25, ps 147:10,11, pr 31:30; seeth not: job 10:4, isa 55:8,9, lu 16:15, 1pe 2:4, 1pe 3:4; looketh: joh 7:24, 2co 10:7,10; on the heart: 1ki 8:39, 1ch 28:9, 2ch 16:9, ps 7:9, ps 139:2, pr 15:11, pr 16:2, jer 11:20, jer 17:10, jer 20:12, ac 1:24, heb 4:13, re 2:23

Verse 8

WEB Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.”

KJV Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

TSK Abinadab: 1sa 17:13, 1ch 2:13

Verse 9

WEB Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.”

KJV Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

TSK Shammah: 1sa 17:13, 2sa 13:3; Shimeah: 1ch 2:13

Verse 10

WEB Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”

KJV Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

TSK seven: 1ch 2:13-15

Verse 11

WEB Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

KJV And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

TSK There remaineth: 1sa 17:12-15,28, 2sa 7:8, 1ch 17:7, ps 78:70,71

Verse 12

WEB He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”

KJV And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

TSK ruddy: 1sa 17:42, so 5:10, la 4:7, ac 7:20, heb 11:23; And the Lord: 1sa 9:17; anoint him: ps 2:2,6, ps 89:19,20, ac 4:27

Verse 13

WEB Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

KJV Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

TSK anointed: 1sa 10:1, 2ki 9:6; the Spirit: 1sa 16:18, 1sa 10:6,9,10, nu 11:17, nu 27:18, jud 3:10, jud 11:29, jud 13:25, jud 14:6, isa 11:1-3, joh 3:34, heb 1:9

Verse 14

WEB Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.

KJV But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

TSK the Spirit: 1sa 11:6, 1sa 18:12, 1sa 28:15, jud 16:29, ps 51:11, ho 9:12; evil spirit: 1sa 18:10, 1sa 19:9,10, jud 9:23, 1ki 22:22, ac 19:15,16

Verse 15

WEB Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

KJV And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 16

WEB Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. It shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.”

KJV Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

TSK before thee: 1sa 16:21,22, ge 41:46, 1ki 10:8; play: 1sa 16:23, 1sa 10:5, 2ki 3:15

Verse 17

WEB Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

KJV And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 18

WEB Then one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.”

KJV Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

TSK a mighty: 1sa 17:32-36, 2sa 17:8,10; and prudent: 2sa 14:20; the Lord: 1sa 3:19, 1sa 10:7, 1sa 18:12-14, ge 39:2,23, mt 1:23, mt 28:20

Verse 19

WEB Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”

KJV Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

TSK with the sheep: 1sa 16:11, 1sa 17:15,33,34, ex 3:1-10, 1ki 19:19, ps 78:70-72, ps 113:8, am 1:1, am 7:14,15, mt 4:18-22

Verse 20

WEB Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

KJV And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

TSK an ass laden: 1sa 10:27, 1sa 17:18, 1sa 25:18, ge 43:11, 2sa 16:1,2, pr 18:16

Verse 21

WEB David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

KJV And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

TSK stood before him: ge 41:46, de 1:38, de 10:8, 1ki 10:8, pr 22:29; loved him: ps 62:9, ps 118:9, ps 146:3

Verse 22

WEB Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”

KJV And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 23

WEB It happened, when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

KJV And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

TSK the evil spirit: 1sa 16:14,16; Saul: 1sa 18:10,11, mt 12:43-45, lu 11:24-26