1 Samuel 16:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ Then Jesse called his second son, Abinadab. Abinadab walked by Samuel. But Samuel said, “No, this is not the man that the Lord chose.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. But Samuel said, Neither has the Lord chosen this one.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

Common English Bible

⁸ Next Jesse called for Abinadab, who presented himself to Samuel, but he said, “The LORD hasn’t chosen this one either.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And Jesse called Abinadab, and he brought him before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."

1 Samuel 16:8 Cross References

1 Kings 4:11

Ben Abinadab was governor of Naphoth Dor. He was married to Taphath, daughter of Solomon.

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse was Eliab’s father. Eliab was Jesse’s first son. Jesse’s second son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea.

1 Samuel 17:13

Jesse’s three oldest sons went with Saul to the war. The first son was Eliab. The second son was Abinadab. And the third son was Shammah.

1 Samuel 7:1

The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the Lord’s Holy Box. [82] They took the Lord’s Box up the hill to the house of {the priest,} Abinadab. They did a special ceremony to prepare Abinadab’s son, Eleazar, to guard the Lord’s Box.