Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 16:6
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When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
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¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed [is] before him.
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When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
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And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.
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1 Samuel 16
4 So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
5 “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
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