And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
1 Samuel 16:6 - King James 2000 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’S anointed is 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? |
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife:
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel:
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as his wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you slew at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
And David left his things in the hand of the keeper of supplies, and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brothers.