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16 Please, let our lord command your servants who are before you! Let them seek a man skilled in playing on the lyre. When[a] the evil spirit from God is upon you, he can play on it[b] and you will feel better.”[c] 17 So Saul said to his servants, “Please select a man who plays a stringed instrument well[d] and bring him to me.”

18 One of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome.[e] And Yahweh is with him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:16 Literally “And it will happen that
  2. 1 Samuel 16:16 Literally “with his hand”
  3. 1 Samuel 16:16 Literally “and it will be good for you”
  4. 1 Samuel 16:17 Literally “doing well to play a stringed instrument”
  5. 1 Samuel 16:18 Literally “a hero of ability, a man of war, discerning of word, and a man of appearance”