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1Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons.”[#Literally “Until when”]
2But Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me.” Yahweh said, “You must take a heifer from the herd with you, and you must say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’[#Literally “in/with your hand”]
3You will invite Jesse to the sacrifice and I will make known to you what you must do. You will anoint for me the one whom I tell you.”
4So Samuel did what Yahweh said. He came to Bethlehem, and the elders of the city came trembling to meet him. They said, “Have you come in peace?”[#Literally “Is your coming peace?”]
5He said, “I come in peace. I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
6When they came, he saw Eliab and said, “Surely his anointed one is before Yahweh!”[#Literally “And it happened at their coming”; #That is, Samuel]
7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For God does not see what man sees, for a man looks on the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks on the heart.”[#Literally “sees as far as the eyes”; #Literally “sees as far as the heart”]
8Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, “This one also Yahweh has not chosen.”
9So Jesse made Shammah pass before Samuel, but he said, “Yahweh also has not chosen this one.”
10And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen any of these.”
11Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” And he said, “The youngest still remains, but look, he is shepherding the flock.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we cannot sit down until he comes here.”[#Literally “Are the boys finished?”; #Literally “turn”; for “sit down” see HALOT 739 s.v. 2.c]
12So he sent and brought him. Now he was ruddy with beautiful eyes and of handsome appearance. And Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”[#Literally “good”]
13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day on. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.[#Literally “and forward”]
14Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.
15So the servants of Saul said to him, “Look please, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.
16Please, let our lord command your servants who are before you! Let them seek a man skilled in playing on the lyre. When the evil spirit from God is upon you, he can play on it and you will feel better.”[#Literally “And it will happen that”; #Literally “with his hand”; #Literally “and it will be good for you”]
17So Saul said to his servants, “Please select a man who plays a stringed instrument well and bring him to me.”[#Literally “doing well to play a stringed instrument”]
18One of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome. And Yahweh is with him.”[#Literally “a hero of ability, a man of war, discerning of word, and a man of appearance”]
19So 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 one young goat and sent them to Saul by the hand of David his son.[#Literally “kid of a goat”]
21So David came to Saul and entered his service. He loved him greatly and he became Saul’s armor bearer.[#Literally “stood before him”; #That is, Saul; #Literally “he became for him a carrier of weapons”]
22Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, because he has found favor in my sight.”[#Literally “in my eyes”]
23So whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the stringed instrument and play it with his hand. Then it would bring relief for Saul; he would feel better and the evil spirit would depart from him.[#Literally “it would be relieved”; #Literally “it would be good for him”]