1 Samuel 16:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ Upon their arrival, he saw Eliab and thought, “Surely, Adonai’s anointed one is before Him.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ When they had come, he looked on Eliab [the eldest son] and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.

Common English Bible

⁶ When they arrived, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, That must be the LORD’s anointed right in front.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And when they had entered, he saw Eliab, and he said, "Could he be the Christ in the sight of the Lord?"

1 Samuel 16:6 Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

But Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David.

1 Kings 4:11

Ben-Abinadab in all the height of Dor (Taphath, Solomon’s daughter was his wife);

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab was second, Shimea third,

1 Chronicles 27:18

of Judah: Elihu, one of David’s brothers; of Issachar: Omri son of Michael;

1 Chronicles 28:4

Yet Adonai, the God of Israel, has chosen me out of all my ancestral house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as ruler, and of the house of Judah, my father’s house, and of my father’s sons, He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:18

Rehoboam married Mahalat the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

Psalm 84:9

Adonai-Tzva’ot, hear my prayer, give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

Judges 8:18

Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “As you are, so they were,” they answered. “Each one looked like the children of a king.”

1 Samuel 17:13

Now the three oldest sons of Jesse had already left and gone after Saul to the battle; the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:22

Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered to check out his brothers’ welfare.