<vn='1'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, How <sn="5704 4100">long</s> wilt <sn="859">thou</s><sn="56">mourn</s><sn="413">for</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, seeing <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="3988">rejected</s> him from <sn="4480 4427">reigning</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>? <sn="4390">fill</s> thine <sn="7161">horn</s> with <sn="8081">oil</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s>, I will <sn="7971">send</s> thee <sn="413">to</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s> the <sn="1022">Bethlehemite</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="7200">provided</s> me a <sn="4428">king</s> among his <sn="1121">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="349">How</s> can I <sn="1980">go</s>? if <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="8085">hear</s> it, he will <sn="2026">kill</s> me. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Take</s> a <sn="5697 1241">heifer</s><sn="3027">with</s> thee, and <sn="559">say</s>, I am <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="7121">call</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s> to the <sn="2077">sacrifice</s>, and <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="3045">show</s> thee <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">do</s>: and thou shalt <sn="4886">anoint</s> unto me him <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="559">name</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s>. And the <sn="2205">elders</s> of the <sn="5892">town</s><sn="2729">trembled</s> at his <sn="7122">coming</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="935">Comest</s> thou <sn="7965">peaceably</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7965">Peaceably</s>: I am <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: sanctify <sn="6942">yourselves</s>, and <sn="935">come</s><sn="854">with</s> me to the <sn="2077">sacrifice</s>. And he <sn="6942">sanctified</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3448">Jesse</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> them to the <sn="2077">sacrifice</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when they were <sn="935">come</s>, that he looked <sn="7200">on</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="446">Eliab</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Surely</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s> is <sn="5048">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='7'>But the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="5027">Look</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">on</s> his <sn="4758">countenance</s>, or <sn="413">on</s> the <sn="1364">height</s> of his <sn="6967">stature</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> I have <sn="3988">refused</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s> the LORD seeth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="834">as</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="7200">seeth</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="7200">looketh</s> on the outward <sn="5869">appearance</s>, but the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">looketh</s> on the <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then <sn="3448">Jesse</s><sn="7121 413">called</s><sn="41">Abinadab</s>, and made him <sn="5674">pass</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1571 3808">Neither</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="2088">this</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="3448">Jesse</s> made <sn="8048">Shammah</s> to pass <sn="5674">by</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1571 3808">Neither</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="2088">this</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Again, <sn="3448">Jesse</s> made <sn="7651">seven</s> of his <sn="1121">sons</s> to <sn="5674">pass</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="428">these</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s>, Are here <sn="8552">all</s> thy <sn="5288">children</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, There <sn="7604">remaineth</s><sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="6996">youngest</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he <sn="7462">keepeth</s> the <sn="6629">sheep</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s>, <sn="7971">Send</s> and <sn="3947">fetch</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s> we will <sn="3808">not</s> sit <sn="5437">down</s><sn="5704">till</s> he <sn="935">come</s><sn="6311">hither</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him in. Now <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="132">ruddy</s>, and <sn="5973">withal</s> of a <sn="3303">beautiful</s><sn="5869">countenance</s>, and <sn="2896">goodly</s> to look <sn="7210">to</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, <sn="4886">anoint</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2088">this</s> is <sn="1931">he</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7161">horn</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s>, and <sn="4886">anointed</s> him in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of his <sn="251">brethren</s>: and the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6743">came</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="1732">David</s> from that <sn="4480 3117 1931">day</s><sn="4605">forward</s>. So <sn="8050">Samuel</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7414">Ramah</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>But the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5493">departed</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1204">troubled</s> him. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="2009">Behold</s><sn="4994">now</s>, an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s> from <sn="430">God</s><sn="1204">troubleth</s> thee. </v>
<vn='16'>Let our <sn="113">lord</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="559">command</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, which are <sn="6440">before</s> thee, to seek <sn="1245">out</s> a <sn="376">man</s>, who is a <sn="3045">cunning</s><sn="5059">player</s> on a <sn="3658">harp</s>: and it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="1961">when</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s> from <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s> thee, that he shall <sn="5059">play</s> with his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and thou shalt be <sn="2895">well</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>, <sn="7200">Provide</s> me <sn="4994">now</s> a <sn="376">man</s> that can <sn="5059">play</s><sn="3190">well</s>, and <sn="935">bring</s> him <sn="413">to</s> me. </v>
<vn='18'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="5288">servants</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="7200">seen</s> a <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s> the <sn="1022">Bethlehemite</s>, that is <sn="3045">cunning</s> in <sn="5059">playing</s>, and a <sn="1368">mighty</s> valiant <sn="2428">man</s>, and a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, and <sn="995">prudent</s> in <sn="1697">matters</s>, and a <sn="8389">comely</s><sn="376">person</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='19'>Wherefore <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7971">Send</s> me <sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> thy <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is with the <sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3448">Jesse</s><sn="3947">took</s> an <sn="2543">ass</s> laden with <sn="3899">bread</s>, and a <sn="4997">bottle</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>, and <sn="259">a</s><sn="1423 5795">kid</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> them <sn="3027">by</s><sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> him: and he <sn="157">loved</s> him <sn="3966">greatly</s>; and he <sn="1961">became</s> his <sn="3627 5375">armorbearer</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3448">Jesse</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let <sn="1732">David</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> me; <sn="3588">for</s> he hath <sn="4672">found</s><sn="2580">favor</s> in my <sn="5869">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="1961">when</s> the evil <sn="7307">spirit</s> from <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="413">upon</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, that <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="3658">harp</s>, and <sn="5059">played</s> with his <sn="3027">hand</s>: so <sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="7304">refreshed</s>, and was <sn="2895">well</s>, and the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="5493">departed</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him. </v>