1 Samuel 16:1
Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
And Jehovah said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- An
- A.M. 2941. B.C. 1063. Ex. Is. 428. How long.
- 1 Samuel 15:11, 35; Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14
- seeing
- 1 Samuel 16:15, 23; 1 Samuel 13:13, 14; 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; Jeremiah 6:30; Jeremiah 14:11, 12; Jeremiah 15:1; 1 John 5:16
- horn with oil
- 1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, 6
- Jesse
- 1 Samuel 13:14; Genesis 49:8–10; Ruth 4:18–22; 1 Chronicles 2:10–15; Psalm 78:68–71; Psalm 89:19, 20; Isaiah 11:1, 10; Isaiah 55:4; Acts 13:21, 22; Romans 15:12