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David is more than a great hero, a man of faith, and a model for Christians to follow. He is one of the most important Old Testament types of Jesus Christ. It is as an anointed one—called and provided by God to lead Israel—that David plays his chief role in redemptive history and makes his distinctive contribution in preparing God’s people for the Anointed One, the Messiah who comes to rule and...

to assess character, values, and true beliefs (see 1 Tim. 5:23–25). We need to pray for God’s help and wisdom, and we need to seek to look upon the heart. Having been rebuked by the Lord, Samuel passed from Jesse’s first son to the next. Abinadab was sent forth and also rejected. Next came Shammah: “Neither has the LORD chosen this one” (1 Sam. 16:9). Altogether, seven sons of Jesse came before the prophet, to which Samuel replied: “The LORD has not chosen these.” So he asked Jesse: “Are all your
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