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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 16 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 1 Samuel 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/15.htm" title="1 Samuel 15">◄</a> 1 Samuel 16 <a href="../1_samuel/17.htm" title="1 Samuel 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/1_samuel/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Samuel Anoints David as King</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But Samuel asked, “How can I do that? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.”</p><p class="reg">“Take a heifer with you,” the LORD replied, “and say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you which of his sons to anoint for me.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Samuel did as the LORD instructed. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town came trembling to meet him. “What’s wrong?” they asked. “Do you come in peace?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Yes,” Samuel replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Purify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the purification rite for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice, too.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD’s anointed!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Jesse told his son Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, “This is not the one the LORD has chosen.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Next Jesse summoned Shimea,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> but Samuel said, “Neither is this the one the LORD has chosen.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In the same way all seven of Jesse’s sons were presented to Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”</p><p class="reg">“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”</p><p class="reg">“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes.</p><p class="reg">And the LORD said, “This is the one; anoint him.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.</p><p class="hdg">David Serves in Saul’s Court</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now the Spirit of the LORD had left Saul, and the LORD sent a tormenting spirit<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> that filled him with depression and fear.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Some of Saul’s servants said to him, “A tormenting spirit from God is troubling you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“All right,” Saul said. “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the LORD is with him.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor bearer.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Saul sent word to Jesse asking, “Please let David remain in my service, for I am very pleased with him.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Shammah,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Shimea; compare 1 Chr 2:13; 20:7.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">an evil spirit;</span><span class="ft"> also in 16:15, 16, 23.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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