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Yahweh 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 Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵ֤ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאָֽנֹכִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”

He said, Peaceably; I am 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.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [ergänzt: Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

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

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָחֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וָמָ֑עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.

וְר֧וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let 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 on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.

וְט֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְגִבּ֨וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֧ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְב֥וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

וְנֹ֣אד (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְדִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

It happened, when the [ergänzt: evil] spirit from God was on 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.

וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

וְשָׁא֤וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִֽישׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים (וּ) u. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגַּ֖יְא (וְ) ve. “and”

There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

וָזָֽרֶת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

וְכ֤וֹבַע (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁקַל֙ (וּ) u. “and”

He had brass shin-armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

וּמִצְחַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”וְכִיד֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [ergänzt: weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.

וְעֵ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַהֶ֣בֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵרֵ֥ד (וְ) ve. “so”

If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [ergänzt: in years] among men.

וְדָוִד֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְל֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

וְשֵׁ֣ם׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”