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1 Samuel 16:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.’

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The prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets  and said, ‘Tuck your mantle  under your belt, take this flask of oil  with you, and go to Ramoth-gilead.


For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness  and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the  Lord, he has rejected you as king.


Even to the day of his death, Samuel never saw Saul again.  Samuel mourned for Saul,  and the Lord regretted he had made Saul king over Israel.


And again, Isaiah says, The root of Jesse   will appear, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; the Gentiles will hope in him.   ,


so Saul’s servants said to him, ‘You see that an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.


Samuel took the flask of oil,  poured it out on Saul’s head,  kissed him, and said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord anointed you  ruler over his inheritance?  ,


Samuel replied to Saul, ‘I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the Lord,  the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.’


‘At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel.  He will save them from the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of my people,  for their cry has come to me.’


‘I regret that I made Saul king,  for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my instructions.’  So Samuel became angry and cried out to the Lord all night.


They are called rejected silver, for the Lord has rejected them.


So Jehu got up and went into the house. The young prophet poured the oil on his head and said, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I anoint you king over the Lord’s people, Israel.


Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul,  David would pick up his lyre and play, and Saul would then be relieved, feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.


‘As for you, do not pray for these people.  Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg me,  for I will not listen to you.


Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples,


On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will look to him for guidance, and his resting place will be glorious.


Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and say, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I anoint you king over Israel.’ ”  Open the door and escape. Don’t wait.’


If anyone sees a fellow believer  committing a sin that doesn’t lead to death, he should ask, and God will give life to him #– #to those who commit sin that doesn’t lead to death. There is sin  that leads to death. I am not saying he should pray about that.


Then the Lord said to me, ‘Even if Moses and Samuel  should stand before me,  my heart would not go out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go.


‘As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf,  for I will not be listening when they call out to me at the time of their disaster.


Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch  from his roots will bear fruit.


And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah,  David, Samuel, and the prophets,


‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that my name  would be there. But I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’


So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the Lord’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the Lord’s word through Samuel.


‘Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family  to be king over Israel for ever.  For he chose Judah as leader,  and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons,  he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.


‘These are the two anointed ones,’  , he said, ‘who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.’


Now David was the son of the Ephrathite  from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons  and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.





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