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And as Samuel turned about to go away, Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it tore.

And also his Excellency the LORD of Israel will not lie nor seek counsel; for he is not a human being, that he should seek counsel.

Then Samuel went to Ramtha; and Saul went up to his house to Ramtha of Saul.

And Samuel saw Saul no more until the day of his death; nevertheless, Samuel grieved for Saul; and the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

AND the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and come; I will send you to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have found for myself a king among his sons.

And he said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for I do not see as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel rose up and went to Ramtha to his house.

Let them seek out a man who can play well on the harp; and when the evil spirit is upon you, he will play with his hands, and you shall be well.

And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a skin of wine and a kid of goats, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand shekels of brass.

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a cuirass of mail between his shoulders.

And the staff of his spear was like a weavers beam, and his spears head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shieldbearer went before him.

Now David had returned from Saul, and was gone to tend his fathers sheep at Beth-lehem.

And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of parched wheat and ten loaves of bread, and run to the camp to your brothers;

And David put off his provisions by the side of the baggage, and ran into the army ranks, and came and saluted his brothers.

And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely to defy Israel he has come up; and it shall be that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his fathers house free in Israel.