1 Samuel 第16章
David Anointed King
1The Lord said to Samuel, 16:1 ch. 15:35“How long will you grieve over Saul, since 16:1 ch. 15:23, 26I have rejected him from being king over Israel? 16:1 See ch. 10:1Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, 16:1 Ps. 78:70; 89:19, 20; Acts 13:22for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
2And 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, 16:2 [ch. 9:12; 20:29]‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
3And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. 16:3 ch. 9:16And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.”
4Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city 16:4 ch. 21:1came to meet him trembling and said, 16:4 1 Kgs. 2:13; [2 Kgs. 9:22]“Do you come peaceably?”
6When they came, he looked on 16:6 ch. 17:13Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”
7But the Lord said to Samuel, 16:7 Ps. 147:10, 11“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, 16:7 1 Kgs. 8:39; 1 Chr. 28:9; Ps. 7:9; Jer. 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; [Acts 1:24]but the Lord looks on the heart.”
8Then Jesse called 16:8 ch. 17:13Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
9Then Jesse made 16:9 [See ver. 8above]Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
10And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”
11Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, 16:11 ch. 17:13; [2 Sam. 13:3; 1 Chr. 2:13] “There remains yet the youngest,16:11 Or smallest but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, 16:11 [2 Sam. 7:8; Ps. 78:70, 71]“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”
David in Saul’s Service
1416:14 ch. 18:12; 28:15, 16; [Judg. 16:20] Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, 16:14 ch. 18:10; 19:9; [Judg. 9:23]and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.
15And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.
16Let our lord now command your servants 16:16 ver. 21, 22; 1 Kgs. 10:8who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will 16:16 ch. 18:10; 19:9; [2 Kgs. 3:15]play it, and you will be well.”
17So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”
18One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, 16:18 See ch. 17:32, 34-36a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, 16:18 ch. 3:19; 18:12, 14and the Lord is with him.”
19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, 16:19 ver. 11; ch. 17:15, 34who is with the sheep.”
2016:20 [ch. 17:18]And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them by David his son to Saul.
21And David came to Saul 16:21 See ver. 16and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”
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