1 Samuel 16
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1 Samuel 16:1

1Now the LordH3068 saidH559 to SamuelH8050, “1HowH4970 longH5704 are you going to mournH56 for 2SaulH7586, since 3I have rejectedH3988 him from beingH4427 kingH4427 overH5921 IsraelH3478? 4FillH4390 your hornH7161 with oilH8081 and goH1980; I will sendH7971 you to 5JesseH3448 the BethlehemiteH1022, becauseH3588 I have 6chosenH7200 a kingH4428 for Myself among his sonsH1121.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Sam 15:35 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 16:1 I.e., God’s rejection of Saul ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Sam 13:13, 14; 15:23 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Sam 9:16; 10:1; 2 Kin 9:1 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 16:1 Ruth 4:17-22 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 16:1 Ps 78:70, 71; Acts 13:22 ↩

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