Verse 3
1 Samuel 16:3
Bible in Basic English
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And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/קָרָ֥אתָ לְ/יִשַׁ֖י בַּ/זָּ֑בַח וְ/אָֽנֹכִ֗י אוֹדִֽיעֲ/ךָ֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶֽׁר תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וּ/מָשַׁחְתָּ֣ לִ֔/י אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר אֹמַ֖ר אֵלֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And you shall call to Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you shall do, and you shall anoint for me whom I declare to you.
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Chapter 16 Context
1
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him...
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2
And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. A...
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3
And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: a...
4
And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out...
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5
And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come w...
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6
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him...
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7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have...
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8
Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken th...
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9
Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
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10
And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken a...
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11
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and...
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12
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the...
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13
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that d...
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14
Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
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15
And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God (Elohim) is troubling you.
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16
Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert p...
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17
And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
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18
Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is exper...
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19
So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
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20
And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by Davi...
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21
And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servan...
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And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
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23
And whenever the evil spirit from God (Elohim) came on Saul, David took his instrument and made musi...
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