1The Lord then saide vnto Samuel, Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul, seeing I haue cast him away from reigning ouer Israel? fill thine horne with oyle and come, I will sende thee to Ishai the Bethlehemite: for I haue prouided mee a King among his sonnes.

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2 Kings 9:1, 1 Samuel 15:23, 2 Kings 9:1, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:35

2And Samuel sayde, Howe can I goe? for if Saul shall heare it, he will kill me. Then the Lord answered, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to doe sacrifice to the Lord.

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1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 20:29, 1 Samuel 20:29, Matthew 10:16

3And call Ishai to the sacrifice, and I will shewe thee what thou shalt doe, and thou shalt anoynt vnto me him whom I name vnto thee.

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1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 9:16, 2 Samuel 15:11, 2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 16:12

4So Samuel did that the Lord bade him, and came to Beth-lehem, and the Elders of the towne were astonied at his comming, and sayd, Commest thou peaceablie?

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1 Kings 2:13, 1 Kings 2:13, 1 Chronicles 12:17, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Luke 5:8

5And he answeared, Yea: I am come to doe sacrifice vnto the Lord: sanctifie your selues, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Ishai and his sonnes, and called them to the sacrifice.

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Exodus 19:10, Leviticus 20:7, Leviticus 20:8, Joshua 3:5, Exodus 19:10

6And when they were come, hee looked on Eliab, and saide, Surely the Lordes Anointed is before him.

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1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Samuel 17:22

7But the Lord said vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

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John 7:24, John 7:24, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Luke 16:15

8Then Ishai called Abinadab, and made him come before Samuel. And he saide, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

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1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13

9Then Ishai made Shammah come. And he said, Neither yet hath the Lord chosen him.

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1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Chronicles 2:13

10Againe Ishai made his seue sonnes to come before Samuel: and Samuel saide vnto Ishai, The Lord hath chosen none of these.

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1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:15, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:15

11Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there no more children but these? And hee sayde, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit downe, till he be come hither.

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Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, 2 Samuel 7:8

12And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddie, and of a good countenance, and comely visage. And the Lord saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this is he.

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Song of Solomon 5:10, Lamentations 4:7, Song of Solomon 5:10, Lamentations 4:7, Psalms 89:19

13Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren. And the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and went to Ramah.

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1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:6, Hebrews 1:9, Hebrews 1:9, 1 Samuel 10:1

14But the Spirite of the Lord departed from Saul, and an euill spirite sent of the Lord vexed him.

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Psalms 51:11, Psalms 51:11, 1 Samuel 18:12, 1 Samuel 18:12, Judges 9:23

15And Sauls seruants said vnto him, Beholde nowe, the euill spirite of God vexeth thee.

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16Let our Lord therefore command thy seruants, that are before thee, to seeke a man that is a cunning plaier vpon the harpe: that when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, hee may play with his hand, and thou maiest be eased.

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2 Kings 3:15, 2 Kings 3:15, 1 Kings 10:8, 1 Kings 10:8, 1 Samuel 16:21

17Saul then saide vnto his seruantes, Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play well, and bring him to me.

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18Then answered one of his seruauntes, and sayde, Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Ishai, a Bethlehemite, that can plaie, and is strong, valiant and a man of warre and wise in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

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1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Samuel 3:19, Genesis 39:23, Genesis 39:23, Genesis 39:2

19Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

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1 Samuel 17:15, 1 Samuel 16:11, Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:72, 1 Samuel 17:15

20And Ishai tooke an asse laden with breade and a flagon of wine and a kidde, and sent them by the hand of Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.

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Proverbs 18:16, 1 Samuel 10:27, Proverbs 18:16, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:18

21And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.

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Proverbs 22:29, Genesis 41:46, Proverbs 22:29, Genesis 41:46, Psalms 146:3

22And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: for he hath found fauour in my sight.

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23And so when the euil spirite of God came vpon Saul, Dauid tooke an harpe and plaied with his hande, and Saul was refreshed, and was eased: for the euill spirit departed from him.

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1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Samuel 18:10