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## 1 Samuel 16:4-13 in Context (Verses 1–16 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/1) 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 Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/2) 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.*
 
 [3 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/3) And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me *him* whom I name unto thee.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/4) And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/5) 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.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/6) ¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed *is* before him.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/7) 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.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/8) Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/9) Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/10) Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/11) 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.*
 
 [12 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/12) 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.*
 
 [13 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/13) 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.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/14) ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/15) And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-samuel/16/16) 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.
 
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