1 Samuel 16
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1 Samuel 16:8-10

8Then Jesseיִשַׁי֙yi.ShaiH3448calledוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Abinadabאֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב'a.Vi.na.DavH41and had him passוַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖הוּvai.ya.'a.vi.Re.huH5674beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050.But he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “The Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068has not chosenבָחַ֥רva.CharH977thisH2088oneבָּזֶ֖הba.ZehH2088,eitherגַּם־gam-H1571.”
9Next Jesseיִשַׁ֖יyi.ShaiH3448hadShammahשַׁמָּ֑הsha.MahH8048passוַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvai.ya.'a.VerH5674byH5674.And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “The Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068has not chosenבָחַ֥רva.CharH977thisH2088oneבָּזֶ֖הba.ZehH2088,eitherגַּם־gam-H1571.”
10So Jesseיִשַׁ֛יyi.ShaiH3448had sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651of his sonsבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121passוַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvai.ya.'a.VerH5674beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050.But Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Jesseיִשַׁ֔יyi.ShaiH3448, “The Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068has not chosenבָחַ֥רva.CharH977theseבָּאֵֽלֶּה׃ba.'E.lehH428.”
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