1 Samuel 16:1-6

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, r "How long will you grieve over Saul, since s I have rejected him from being king over Israel? t Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, u for I have provided for myself a king among his sons." 2 And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, v 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' 3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. w And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you." 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city x came to meet him trembling and said, y "Do you come peaceably?" 5 And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. z Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

6 When they came, he looked on a Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before him."

  1. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:35
    And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:23
    For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.
    1 Samuel 15:26
    And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 78:70
    He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds.
    Psalms 89:19 - 20
    Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
    Acts 13:22
    And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:12
    They answered, "He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.
    1 Samuel 20:29
    He said, 'Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:1
    Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:13
    Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" He said, "Peacefully.
    2 Kings 9:22
    And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" He answered, "What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 3:5
    Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:13
    The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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