1 Samuel 16

1 Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

and to say LORD to(wards) Samuel till how you(m. s.) to mourn to(wards) Saul and I to reject him from to reign upon Israel to fill horn your oil and to go: went to send: depart you to(wards) Jesse Bethlehemite [the] Bethlehemite for to see: select in/on/with son: child his to/for me king

2 Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’

and to say Samuel how? to go: went and to hear: hear Saul and to kill me and to say LORD heifer cattle to take: take in/on/with hand: themselves your and to say to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD to come (in): come

3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.”

and to call: call to to/for Jesse in/on/with sacrifice and I to know you [obj] which to make: do and to anoint to/for me [obj] which to say to(wards) you

4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

and to make: do Samuel [obj] which to speak: speak LORD and to come (in): come Bethlehem Bethlehem and to tremble old: elder [the] city to/for to encounter: meet him and to say peace to come (in): come you

5 He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

and to say peace to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD to come (in): come to consecrate: consecate and to come (in): come with me in/on/with sacrifice and to consecrate: consecate [obj] Jesse and [obj] son: child his and to call: call to to/for them to/for sacrifice

6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”

and to be in/on/with to come (in): come they and to see: see [obj] Eliab and to say surely before LORD anointed his

7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

and to say LORD to(wards) Samuel not to look to(wards) appearance his and to(wards) high height his for to reject him for not which to see: see [the] man for [the] man to see: see to/for eye: appearance and LORD to see: see to/for heart

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”

and to call: call to Jesse to(wards) Abinadab and to pass him to/for face: before Samuel and to say also in/on/with this not to choose LORD

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”

and to pass Jesse Shammah and to say also in/on/with this not to choose LORD

10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”

and to pass Jesse seven son: child his to/for face: before Samuel and to say Samuel to(wards) Jesse not to choose LORD in/on/with these

11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

and to say Samuel to(wards) Jesse to finish [the] youth and to say still to remain [the] small and behold to pasture in/on/with flock and to say Samuel to(wards) Jesse to send: depart [emph?] and to take: take him for not to turn: turn till to come (in): come he here

12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”

and to send: depart and to come (in): bring him and he/she/it red with beautiful eye and pleasant sight and to say LORD to arise: rise to anoint him for this he/she/it

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

and to take: take Samuel [obj] horn [the] oil and to anoint [obj] him in/on/with entrails: among brother: male-sibling his and to rush spirit LORD to(wards) David from [the] day [the] he/she/it and above [to] and to arise: rise Samuel and to go: went [the] Ramah [to]

14 Now Yahweh’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.

and spirit LORD to turn aside: depart from from with Saul and to terrify him spirit bad: harmful from with LORD

15 Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

and to say servant/slave Saul to(wards) him behold please spirit God bad: harmful to terrify you

16 Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well.”

to say please lord our servant/slave your to/for face: before your to seek man to know to play in/on/with lyre and to be in/on/with to be upon you spirit God bad: harmful and to play in/on/with hand his and pleasant to/for you

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

and to say Saul to(wards) servant/slave his to see: behold! please to/for me man be good to/for to play and to come (in): bring to(wards) me

18 Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”

and to answer one from [the] youth and to say behold to see: see son: child to/for Jesse Bethlehemite [the] Bethlehemite to know to play and mighty man strength and man battle and to understand word: speaking and man appearance and LORD with him

19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”

and to send: depart Saul messenger to(wards) Jesse and to say to send: depart [emph?] to(wards) me [obj] David son: child your which in/on/with flock

20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

and to take: take Jesse donkey food: bread and wineskin wine and kid goat one and to send: depart in/on/with hand: by David son: child his to(wards) Saul

21 David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

and to come (in): come David to(wards) Saul and to stand: appoint to/for face: before his and to love: lover him much and to be to/for him to lift: bearing(armour) article/utensil

22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”

and to send: depart Saul to(wards) Jesse to/for to say to stand: stand please David to/for face: before my for to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing my

23 When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

and to be in/on/with to be spirit God to(wards) Saul and to take: take David [obj] [the] lyre and to play in/on/with hand his and be wide to/for Saul and pleasant to/for him and to turn aside: depart from upon him spirit [the] bad: harmful