1 Samuel 16: 1

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THE FIRST BOOK OF
SAMUEL
OTHERWISE CALLED
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS

CHAPTER 16

1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to ^aJesse the ^bBeth-lehemite: for I have provided me a ^cking among his sons.

Footnotes

1a	TG Jesus Christ, Davidic Descent of.
b	Micah 5: 2. 2 But thou, ^aBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of ^bJudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ^cruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from ^deverlasting. Luke 2: 4. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called ^aBethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) John 7: 42 (41-44) 42 Hath not the scripture said, That ^aChrist cometh of the seed of ^bDavid, and out of the town of ^cBethlehem, where David was?
c	1 Kgs. 8: 16. 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose ^aDavid to be over my people Israel. 1 Chr. 11: 3. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed ^aDavid ^bking over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. 1 Chr. 28: 4. 4 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 ^aJudah 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 ^bking over all Israel: