1 Samuel 16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ

² And Shemu’ĕ

³ “And you shall invite Yishai to the slaughtering, then let Me show you what to do. And you shall anoint for Me the one I say to you.”

⁴ And Shemu’ĕ

⁵ And he said, “In peace. I have come to slaughter to יהוה. Set yourselves apart, and you shall come with me to the slaughtering.” And he set Yishai and his sons apart, and invited them to the slaughtering.

⁶ And it came to be, when they came, that he saw Eliyaḇ

⁷ But יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ

⁸ Then Yishai called Aḇ

⁹ Next Yishai made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has יהוה  chosen this one.”

¹⁰ And Yishai made seven of his sons pass before Shemu’ĕ

¹¹ And Shemu’ĕ

¹² And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And יהוה  said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is the one!”

¹³ And Shemu’ĕ

¹⁴ And the Spirit of יהוה  turned aside from Sha’ul, and an evil spirit from יהוה  troubled him.

¹⁵ And the servants of Sha’ul said to him, “Look, now, an evil spirit from Elohim is troubling you.

¹⁶ “Please, let our master command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skilled player on the lyre. And it shall be that when the evil spirit from Elohim is upon you, that he shall play with his hand, and you be well.”

¹⁷ And Sha’ul said to his servants, “Please get me a man that plays well, and bring him to me.”

¹⁸ And one of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Yishai the Bĕ

¹⁹ So Sha’ul sent messengers to Yishai, and said, “Send me your son Dawiḏ

²⁰ And Yishai took a donkey loaded with bread, and a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by his son Dawiḏ

²¹ And Dawiḏ

²² Sha’ul therefore sent to Yishai, saying, “Please let Dawiḏ

²³ And it came to be, whenever the evil spirit from Elohim was upon Sha’ul, that Dawiḏ