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11 Then Samuel told Jesse, “Are these all the young men?” He said, “There yet remains the youngest one, and right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse, “Send someone to get him,[a] for we won’t do anything else[b] until he arrives here.” 12 So he sent and brought him. He had a dark, healthy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and he was handsome. The Lord said, “Get up and anoint him, for this is the one.”

God’s Spirit Comes on David and Departs from Saul

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David[c] in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord came on David from that day forward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:11 Lit. send and get him
  2. 1 Samuel 16:11 Lit. we won’t turn aside
  3. 1 Samuel 16:13 Lit. him