1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, a "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? b Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to c Jesse the Bethlehemite. For d I have 1 provided Myself a king among his sons."

  1. Cross References
    1 Samuel 19:24
    And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, " Is Saul also among the prophets?
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:23
    For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.
    1 Samuel 15:35
    And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me."
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: " Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance?
    2 Kings 9:1
    And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, "Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
  4. Cross References
    Ruth 4:18 - 22
    Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron.
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