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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_samuel/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, &#8220Surely the LORD&#8217s anointed stands here before the LORD.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD’s anointed!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed <i>is</i> before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed <i>is</i> before Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’S anointed is <i>standing</i> before Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, &#8220Surely the LORD&#8217S anointed is before Him.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then it came about when they entered, that he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now it happened, when they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the anointed of Yahweh is before Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So it happened, when they had come, he looked at Eliab [the eldest son] and thought, “Surely the LORD’S anointed is before Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Certainly the LORD’s anointed one is here before him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, &#8220Certainly the LORD&#8217s anointed one is here before Him.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Jesse and his sons arrived, Samuel noticed Jesse's oldest son, Eliab. "He has to be the one the LORD has chosen," Samuel said to himself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When they came, he saw Eliab and thought, "Certainly, here in the LORD's presence is his anointed king."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Jesse's son Eliab and said to himself, "This man standing here in the LORD's presence is surely the one he has chosen." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab, and said, "Surely he's the LORD's anointed." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, ?Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself, "Surely, here before the LORD stands his chosen king!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, in their coming in, that he sees Eliab and says, “Surely His anointed [is] here before YHWH.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, 'Surely, before Jehovah is His anointed.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it will be in their coming, and he will see Eliab, and he said, Surely, before Jehovah his Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when they had entered, he saw Eliab, and he said, “Could he be the Christ in the sight of the Lord?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As they came, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the anointed is here before the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is now before the LORD.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when they were come, he looked to Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is like him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when they came, he saw Eliab and said: “The Anointed of LORD JEHOVAH is like him!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when they were come, that he beheld Eliab, and said: 'Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed <i>is</i> before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/16-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=4437" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/16.htm">Samuel Anoints David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō·w·’ām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">When they arrived,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">Samuel saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/446.htm" title="446: ’ĕ·lî·’āḇ (N-proper-ms) -- God is father, the name of several Isr. From 'el and 'ab; God of father; Eliab, the name of six Israelites.">Eliab</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">“Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">here before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/4899.htm" title="4899: mə·šî·ḥōw (Adj-msc:: 3ms) -- Anointed. From mashach; anointed; usually a consecrated person; specifically, the Messiah.">is His anointed.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-2.htm">1 Samuel 9:2</a></span><br />And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/10-23.htm">1 Samuel 10:23-24</a></span><br />So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others. / Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">1 Kings 1:5-6</a></span><br />At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him. / (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-11.htm">1 Kings 1:11-13</a></span><br />Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it? / Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. / Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm">1 Kings 1:17-18</a></span><br />“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’ / But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24-25</a></span><br />“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’? / For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">1 Kings 1:32-35</a></span><br />Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. / “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon. / There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">1 Kings 2:15</a></span><br />“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-4.htm">1 Chronicles 28:4</a></span><br />Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-70.htm">Psalm 78:70-71</a></span><br />He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; / from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1-3</a></span><br />Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. / The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. / And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6</a></span><br />and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-42.htm">Matthew 22:42-45</a></span><br />“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. / Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: / ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-35.htm">Mark 12:35-37</a></span><br />While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? / Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ / David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.</p><p class="hdg">Eliab</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-13.htm">1 Samuel 17:13,22</a></b></br> And the three eldest sons of Jesse went <i>and</i> followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle <i>were</i> Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/2-13.htm">1 Chronicles 2:13</a></b></br> And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/27-18.htm">1 Chronicles 27:18</a></b></br> Of Judah, Elihu, <i>one</i> of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:</p><p class="hdg">Elihu </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-18.htm">Judges 8:18</a></b></br> Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men <i>were they</i> whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou <i>art</i>, so <i>were</i> they; each one resembled the children of a king.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">1 Kings 12:26</a></b></br> And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/16-3.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-4.htm">Arrived</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-35.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">Clearly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Eliab</a> <a href="/numbers/26-9.htm">Eli'ab</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-26.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-5.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/judges/6-24.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-32.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm">Thought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-9.htm">Arrived</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-5.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-14.htm">Clearly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-13.htm">Eliab</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-13.htm">Eli'ab</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-21.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-6.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-27.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-8.htm">Thought</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">Samuel sent by God, under pretense of a sacrifice, comes to Bethlehem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/16-6.htm">His human judgment is reproved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/16-11.htm">He anoints David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/16-15.htm">Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When they arrived</b><br>This phrase refers to the arrival of Jesse's sons before the prophet Samuel in Bethlehem. The context is that God has rejected Saul as king and sent Samuel to anoint a new king from among Jesse's sons. Bethlehem, a small town in Judah, is significant as the birthplace of David and later Jesus Christ, fulfilling the prophecy of the Messiah's lineage (<a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Micah 5:2</a>).<p><b>Samuel saw Eliab</b><br>Eliab is the eldest son of Jesse. In ancient Israelite culture, the firstborn son often held a place of prominence and expectation. Samuel, a prophet and judge, initially perceives Eliab as a likely candidate for kingship due to his appearance and stature, reflecting human tendencies to judge by outward appearances.<p><b>and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”</b><br>Samuel's statement reveals his initial assumption that Eliab is God's chosen one. The term "anointed" refers to the practice of anointing with oil, symbolizing God's selection and empowerment for a specific role, often kingship. This moment foreshadows the anointing of David, a type of Christ, who is the ultimate Anointed One (Messiah). The narrative emphasizes that God's criteria for leadership differ from human expectations, as seen in the subsequent verses where God instructs Samuel not to consider outward appearance but the heart (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>A prophet and judge of Israel, tasked by God to anoint the next king of Israel after Saul's disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliab.htm">Eliab</a></b><br>The eldest son of Jesse, initially assumed by Samuel to be God's chosen one due to his appearance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesse.htm">Jesse</a></b><br>The father of David and his brothers, residing in Bethlehem, from whose lineage the future king would be chosen.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethlehem.htm">Bethlehem</a></b><br>The town where Jesse and his family lived, significant as the birthplace of David and later, Jesus Christ.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_anointed.htm">The LORD's Anointed</a></b><br>Refers to the person chosen by God to be king, highlighting the divine selection process beyond human judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_perspective_vs._human_perspective.htm">God's Perspective vs. Human Perspective</a></b><br>Humans often judge by outward appearances, but God looks at the heart. This teaches us to value inner character over external attributes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Samuel's initial mistake underscores the need for spiritual discernment and reliance on God's guidance in decision-making.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_choice.htm">God's Sovereign Choice</a></b><br>God's choice of leaders is based on His purposes and plans, not human expectations. Trust in His sovereignty and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_leadership.htm">Humility in Leadership</a></b><br>Eliab's rejection reminds us that leadership is not about status or appearance but about being aligned with God's heart and purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_god's_call.htm">Preparation for God's Call</a></b><br>David, though not initially chosen by human standards, was being prepared by God for his future role. Be faithful in the present, trusting God's timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_become_israel's_king.htm">How did David rise from shepherd to king of Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_names_of_david's_brothers.htm">What are the names of David's brothers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_bible's_close_relatives.htm">Who are the close relatives in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_michal's_view_of_david_differ_in_2_samuel.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:29, Michal criticizes David's dance--does this episode conflict with the portrayal of Michal in 2 Samuel, creating an inconsistency in her character and motives?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">He looked on Eliab.</span>--There was something in the tall and stately presence of the eldest born of Jesse which reminded the old man of the splendid youth of Saul. Eliab seemed to Samuel in all respects a fit successor to the great warrior whom the Lord rejected. But the Divine voice gave no reply back to the prophet's mute questioning; and the other sons of Jesse, an imposing band of gallant youths, passed in review before the old seer, and were severally introduced to him; but the Divine voice only warned the seer that these external advantages of mere human beauty and strength, were no mark of true greatness.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6-10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When they were come.</span> <span class="accented">I.e.</span> to the house of Jesse, apparently in the interval between the sacrifice and the feast. The latter we learn in ver. 11 did not take place until after David had been sent for. But many hours would elapse between the sacrifice and the feast, as the victim had to be skinned and prepared for roasting, and finally cooked. This interval was spent in Jesse's house; and when he saw there Eliab, the first born, and observed his tall stature and handsome face, qualities which Samuel had admired in Saul, he <span class="cmt_word">said</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> in himself, felt sure, that the goodly youth was <span class="cmt_word">Jehovah's anointed</span> (see on 1 Samuel 2:10, 35; 10:1, etc.), but is warned that these external advantages do not necessarily imply real worth of heart; and as <span class="cmt_word">Jehovah looketh on the heart,</span> his judgment depends, not on appearances, but on reality. As Eliab is thus rejected, Jesse makes his other sons pass before the prophet. Next <span class="cmt_word">Abinadab</span>, who has the same name as a son of Saul (<a href="/1_samuel/31-2.htm">1 Samuel 31:2</a>); then <span class="cmt_word">Shammah</span>, so called again in ch. 17:13, but Shimeah in <a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm">2 Samuel 13:3</a>, and Shimma in <a href="/1_chronicles/2-13.htm">1 Chronicles 2:13</a>, where, however, the Hebrew is exactly the same as in <a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm">2 Samuel 13:3</a>. After these four other sons follow, of whom one apparently died young, as only seven are recorded in <a href="/1_chronicles/2-13.htm">1 Chronicles 2:13-15</a>, whereas these with David make eight. To all these seven the Divine voice within Samuel gave no response, and he said unto Jesse, <span class="cmt_word">Jehovah hath not chosen these.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/16-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When they arrived,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבוֹאָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇō·w·’ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Samuel saw</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֖רְא</span> <span class="translit">(way·yar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Eliab</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלִיאָ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lî·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_446.htm">Strong's 446: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eliab -- 'God is father', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֕אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֛ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">here before</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is His] anointed.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šî·ḥōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4899.htm">Strong's 4899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/16-6.htm">1 Samuel 16:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/16-6.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 16:6 It happened when they had come that (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/16-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 16:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 16:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 16:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 16:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>