Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
1 Samuel 16:6 - Y'all Version Bible When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely YHWH’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? |
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
However YHWH, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in 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.
Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did y’all kill at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.”
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle, and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.