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1 Samuel 16:12-14
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1 Samuel 16:12-14
Easy-to-Read Version
12 Jesse sent someone to get his youngest son. This son was a good-looking, healthy[a] young man. He was very handsome.
The Lord said to Samuel, “Get up and anoint him. He is the one.”
13 Samuel took the horn with the oil in it, and poured the special oil on Jesse’s youngest son in front of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord came on David with great power from that day on. Then Samuel went back home to Ramah.
An Evil Spirit Bothers Saul
14 The Lord’s Spirit left Saul. Then the Lord sent an evil spirit to Saul that caused him much trouble.
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- 1 Samuel 16:12 healthy The Hebrew word means “red,” “ruddy,” or “red-haired.”
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