Jeroboam said to himself, ‘The kingdom might now return to the house of David.
1 Samuel 16:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, ‘Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before him.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 When they arrived, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, That must be the LORD’s anointed right in front. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had entered, he saw Eliab, and he said, "Could he be the Christ in the sight of the Lord?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him? |
Jeroboam said to himself, ‘The kingdom might now return to the house of David.
Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife);
Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;
‘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.
Rehoboam married Mahalath, daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, ‘What kind of men did you kill at Tabor? ’ ‘They were like you,’ they said. ‘Each resembled the son of a king.’
Jesse’s three eldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,
David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were.