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Now the LORD said to Samuel, "^(C1)How long are you going to mourn for ^(F1)Saul, since ^(C2)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^(C3)Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to ^(C4)Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have ^(C5)chosen a king for Myself among his sons."

So Samuel did what the LORD told him, and he came to ^(C1)Bethlehem. Then the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "^(C2)Do you come in peace?"

Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the boys?" And he said, "^(C1)The youngest is still left, but behold, he is tending the sheep." So Samuel said to Jesse, "Send word and bring him; for we will not take our places at the table until he comes here."

So he sent word and brought him in. Now he was ^(F1)reddish, with ^(C1)beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, "^(C2)Arise, anoint him; for this is he."

So Samuel took the horn of oil and ^(C1)anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and ^(C2)the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

Then one of the young men responded and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, ^(C1)a valiant mighty man, a warrior, skillful in speech, and a handsome man; and ^(C2)the LORD is with him."