1The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over 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 for myself a king among his sons.” (撒上10:1; 撒上15:23; 撒上15:26; 撒上15:35; 诗78:70; 诗89:19; 徒13:22)2And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ (撒上9:12; 撒上20:29)3And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” (撒上9:16)4Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” (撒上21:1; 王上2:13; 王下9:22)5And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. (书3:5)6When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.” (撒上17:13)7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” (王上8:39; 代上28:9; 诗7:9; 诗147:10; 耶11:20; 耶17:10; 耶20:12; 徒1:24)8Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” (撒上17:13)9Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” (撒上16:8)10And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”11Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest,[1] but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” (撒上17:13; 撒下7:8; 撒下13:3; 代上2:13; 诗78:70)12And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” (撒上9:17; 撒上17:42)13Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. (士3:10; 撒上10:1; 撒上10:6; 撒上10:10; 撒上11:6; 撒上16:1; 诗89:20)
David in Saul’s Service
14Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him. (士9:23; 士16:20; 撒上18:10; 撒上18:12; 撒上19:9; 撒上28:15)15And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.16Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.” (撒上16:21; 撒上18:10; 撒上19:9; 王上10:8; 王下3:15)17So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”18One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.” (撒上3:19; 撒上17:32; 撒上17:34; 撒上18:12; 撒上18:14)19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.” (撒上16:11; 撒上17:15; 撒上17:34)20And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them by David his son to Saul. (撒上17:18)21And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer. (撒上16:16)22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”23And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him. (撒上16:14; 撒上16:16)