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1 Samuel 16

1 Samuél is reproved of God, and is sent to anoint David. 7 God regardeth the heart 13 The Spirit of the Lord commeth upon David. 14 The wicked spirit is sent upon Saúl. 19 Saúl sendeth for David.
1.The Lord then said unto Samuél, How long wilt thou mourne for Saúl, aseing I have cast him away from reigning over Israél? fil thine horne with oyle and come, I wil send thee to Jshái the Bethlehemite: for I have provided 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 ^with thee, and say, I am come bto do sacrifice to the Lord.
3.And call Jshái to the sacrifice, & I wil shewe thee what thou shalt do, and thou shalt anoint unto me him whome I name unto thee.
4.So Samuél did that the Lord bade him, and came to Bethléhem, and the Elders of the towne were castonied at his comming, and said, Commest thou peaceably?
5.And he answered, Yea: I am come to do sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctifie your selves, & come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jshái and his sonnes, and called them to the sacrifice.
6.And when they were come, he loked on Eliáb, and said, Surely the Lords dAnointed is before him.
7.But the Lord said unto Samuél, Loke not on his countinance, nor on the height of his stature, because I have refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for man loketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the *heart.
8.Then Jshái called Abinadáb, and made him come before Samuél. And he said, Nether hathe the Lord chosen this.
9.Then Jshái made Shámáh come. And he said, Nether yet hathe the Lord chosen him.
10.Againe Jshái made his seven sonnes to come before Samuél: and Samuél said unto Jshái, The Lord hath chosen none of these.
11.Finally Samuél said unto Jshái, ^Are there no more children but these? And he said, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that kepeth the shepe. Then Samuél said unto Jshái, *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, & of Goliáth defieth Israél. 1 Samuél 16 a good countinance, and comelie visage. And the Lord said, Arise, and anoint him: for this is he.
13.Then Samuél toke the horne of oyle, and anointed him in the middes of his brethren. And the *Spirit of the Lord ^came upon David, from that day forwarde: then Samuél rose up, and went to Ramáh.
14.¶ But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saúl, and an eevil spirit sent of the Lord vexed him.
15.And Saúls servants said unto him, Beholde now, the evil spirit of God vexeth thee.
16.Let our Lord therefore commande thy servants, that are before thee, to seke a man, that is a conning player upon the harpe: that when the evil spirit of God commeth upon thee, he may playe with his hand, and thou maiest be eased.
17.Saúl then said unto his servants, Provide me a man, I pray you, that can play wel, and bring him to me.
18.Then answered one of his servants, and said, Beholde, I have sene a fsonne of Jshái, a Bethlehemite, that can playe, and is strong, valiant & a man of warre and wise in matters, and a comely persone, and the Lord is with him.
19.¶ Wherefore Saúl sent messengers unto Jshái, and said, Send me David thy sonne, which is with the shepe.
20.And Jshái toke an asse laden with bread and a flagon of wine and a kid, & sent them by the hand of David his sonne unto Saúl.
21.And David came to Saúl, and ^stode before him: and he loved him very wel, and he was his armour bearer.
22.And Saúl sent to Jshái, saying, Let David now remaine with me: for he hathe founde favour in my sight.
23.And so when the evil spirit of God came upon Saúl, David toke an harpe & plaied with his hand, & Saúl was grefreshed, and was eased: for the evil spirit departed from him.

Notes

1-a.
Signifying, that we ought not to show ourselves more pitiful then God, nor to lament them, whom he casts off.
2-^.
Ebr., in your hand.
2-b.
That is, to make a peace offering, which might be done though the Ark was not there.
4-c.
Fearing, lest some grievous crime had been committed, because the Prophet was not wont to come thether.
6-d.
Thinking, that Eliab had been appointed of God to be made King.
7-*.
1 Chron. 28.9, Jer. 11.20, 17.10, and 20.12, Psalm 7.10.
11-*.
2 Sam. 7.8, Psalm 78.70 and 89.20. 3
11-^.
Ebr., are the children ended?
13-*.
Acts 7,46 and 13.22.
13-^.
Or, prospered.
14-e.
The wicked spirits are at God’s commandment to execute his will against the wicked.
18-f.
Though David was now anointed King by the Prophet, yet God would exercise him in sundry sorts before he had the use of his kingdom.
21-^.
Or, served him.
23-g.
God would that Saul should receive this benefit as at David’s hand, that his condemnation might be the more evident, for his cruel hate toward him.