Then Jesse made (A)Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, (B)“There remains yet the youngest,[a] but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, (C)“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 16:11 Or smallest

Jesse then had Shammah(A) pass by, but Samuel said, “Nor has the Lord chosen this one.” 10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 So he asked Jesse, “Are these all(B) the sons you have?”

“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.”(C)

Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”

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