1And Yehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided for myself a king among his sons. 2And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hears it, he will kill me. And Yehovah said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yehovah. 3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint for me him whom I name to you. 4And Samuel did that which Yehovah spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Do you come peaceably? 5And he said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yehovah: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6And it happened, when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Yehovah’s anointed is before him. 7But Yehovah said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Yehovah does not see as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but Yehovah looks on the heart. 8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Yehovah chosen this. 9Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Yehovah chosen this. 10And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, Yehovah has not chosen these. 11And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down until he comes here. 12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome to look upon. And Yehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. 13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14Now the Spirit of Yehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yehovah troubled him. 15And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles you. 16Let our lord now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is upon you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well. 17And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me. 18Then one of the young men answered, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yehovah is with him. 19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep. 20And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul. 21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer. 22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight. 23And it happened, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.