1 Samuel 16
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1 Samuel 16:8-10

8Then Jesseיִשַׁי֙yi.ShaiH3448calledוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Abinadabאֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב'a.Vi.na.DavH41,and made him passוַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖הוּvai.ya.'a.vi.Re.huH5674beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050.And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Neither hath the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068chosenבָחַ֥רva.CharH977this.
9Then Jesseיִשַׁ֖יyi.ShaiH3448made Shammahשַׁמָּ֑הsha.MahH8048to pass byוַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvai.ya.'a.VerH5674.And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Neither hath the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068chosenבָחַ֥רva.CharH977this.
10Again, Jesseיִשַׁ֛יyi.ShaiH3448made sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651of his sonsבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121to passוַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvai.ya.'a.VerH5674beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050.And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Jesseיִשַׁ֔יyi.ShaiH3448,The Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath not chosenבָחַ֥רva.CharH977these.
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