Verse 9

1 Samuel 16:9

Bible in Basic English

9 Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּעֲבֵ֥ר יִשַׁ֖י שַׁמָּ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר גַּם בָּ/זֶ֖ה לֹא בָחַ֥ר יְהוָֽה

English Translation

And Jesse brought him by, and he said, "Even in this one, the LORD has not chosen."

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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... Focus ↗

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... Focus ↗

3 And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: a... Focus ↗

4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out... Focus ↗

5 And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come w... Focus ↗

6 Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him... Focus ↗

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have... Focus ↗

8 Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken th... Focus ↗

9 Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

10 And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken a... Focus ↗

11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and... Focus ↗

12 So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the... Focus ↗

13 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that d... Focus ↗

14 Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him. Focus ↗

15 And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God (Elohim) is troubling you. Focus ↗

16 Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert p... Focus ↗

17 And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me. Focus ↗

18 Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is exper... Focus ↗

19 So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep. Focus ↗

20 And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by Davi... Focus ↗

21 And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servan... Focus ↗

22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me. Focus ↗

23 And whenever the evil spirit from God (Elohim) came on Saul, David took his instrument and made musi... Focus ↗

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