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Then Jesse brought Shammah, and he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 10 Jesse brought seven of his sons before Samuel, and Samuel told Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

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.”

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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