1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel.1 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem,2 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”3

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1	tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”
2	map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
3	tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”