And Jerobo´am said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
1 Samuel 16:6 - King James Version - American Edition And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eli´ab, 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 Jerobo´am said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
the son of Abin´adab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eli´ab, and Abin´adab the second, and Shimma the third,
of Judah, Eli´hu, one of the brethren of David: of Is´sachar, Omri the son of Michael:
Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath 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 liked me to make me king over all Israel:
And Rehobo´am took him Ma´halath the daughter of Jer´imoth the son of David to wife, and Ab´ihail the daughter of Eli´ab the son of Jesse;
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmun´na, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, 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 Eli´ab the firstborn, and next unto him Abin´adab, and the third Shammah.
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.