1 Samuél is reproued of God, & is ſent to anoint Dauid. 7 God regardeth the heart 13 The Spirit of the Lord commeth vpon Dauid. 14 The wicked Spirit is ſent vpon Saul. 19 Saúl ſendeth for Dauid.

1.THe Lord thē ſaid vnto Samuél, How long wilt y^e mourne for Saúl, ^a ſeing I haue caſt him away from reigning ouer Iſraél? fil thine horne with oyle and come, I wil ſend thee to Iſhái the Bethlehemite: for I haue prouided me ^a King among his ſonnes.

2.And Samuél ſaid, How can I go? for if Saúl ſhal heare it, he wil kil me. Then the Lord anſwered, Take an heifer ^" w^t thee, & ſay, I am come ^b to do ſacrifice to y^e Lord.

3.And call Iſhái to the ſacrifice, and I wil ſhewe thee what y^e ſhalt do, & y^e ſhalt anoīt vnto me him whome I name vnto thee.

4.So Samuél did y^e the Lord bade him, & came to Beth-léhem, and the Elders of the towne were ^c aſtonied at his comming, & ſaid, Commeſt thou peaceably?

5.And he anſwered, Yea: I am come to do ſacrifice vnto the Lord: ſanctifie your ſelues, & come with me to the ſacrifice. And he ſanctified Iſhái and his ſonnes, and called them to the ſacrifice.

6.And when they were come, he loked on Eliáb, and ſaid, Surely the Lords ^d Anointed is before him.

7.But the Lord ſaid vnto Samuél, Loke not on his coūtinance, nor on the height of his ſtature, becauſe I haue refuſed him: for God ſeeth not as man ſeeth: for man loketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the ^* heart.

8.Then Iſhái called Abinadáb, & made hī come before Samuél. And he ſaid, Nether hathe the Lord choſen this.

9.Thē Iſhái made Shámáh come. And he ſaid, Nether yet hathe y^e Lord choſen hī.

10.Againe Iſhái made his ſeuen ſonnes to come before Samuél: & Samuél ſaid vnto Iſhái, The Lord hath choſe none of theſe.

11.Finally Samuél ſaid vnto Iſhái, Are ^" there no more children but theſe? And he ſaid, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, y^e kepeth the ſhepe. Then Samuél ſaid vnto Iſhái, ^* Send and fet him: for we wil not ſit downe, til he be come hither.

12.And he ſent, and broght him in: and he was ruddie, and of a good countinance, & comelie viſage. And y^e Lord ſaid, Ariſe, & anoint him: for this is he.

13.Then Samuél toke the horne of oyle, & anointed him in the middes of his brethren. And the ^* Spirit of the Lord ^" came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: thē Samuél roſe vp, and went to Ramáh.

14.¶ But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saúl, and an ^e euil ſpirit ſent of the Lord vexed him.

15.And Sauls ſeruāts ſaid vnto hī, Beholde now, y^e euil ſpirit of God vexeth thee.

16.Let our lord therefore commande thy ſeruants, that are before thee, to ſeke a man, that is a conning player vpon the harpe: that when the euil ſpirit of God commeth vpon thee, he may playe with his hand, & thou maieſt be eaſed.

17.Saúl then ſaid vnto his ſeruāts, Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play wel, & bring him to me.

18.Then anſwered one of his ſeruants, and ſaid, Beholde, I haue ſene a ſonne of Iſhái, a Bethlehemite, that can playe, & is ſtrōg, valiāt & a mā of warre & wiſe in matters, & a comely perſone, & y^e Lord is with hī. ^f

19.¶ Wherefore Saúl ſent meſſengers vnto Iſhái, & ſaid, Send me Dauid thy ſonne, which is with the ſhepe.

20.And Iſhái toke an aſſe laden with bread & a flagon of wine & a kid, & ſent thē by

21.^g And Dauid came to Saúl, and ſtode before him: and he loued him very wel, and he was his armour bearer.

22.And Saúl ſent to Iſhái, ſaying, Let Dauid now remaine with me: for he hathe founde fauour in my ſight.

23.And ſo when the euil ſpirit of God came vpon Saúl, Dauid toke an harpe and plaied with his hand, & Saúl was refreſhed, & was eaſed: for the euil ſpirit departed from him.

1 Samuel 16

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