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And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

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

and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.'

וְאָֽנֹכִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”

and he saith, `Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;' and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for `it is' not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

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

And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?' and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;' and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.'

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

And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he `is' ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this `is' he.'

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

And Samuel taketh the horn of oil, and anointeth him in the midst of his brethren, and prosper over David doth the Spirit of Jehovah from that day and onwards; and Samuel riseth and goeth to Ramath.

וָמָ֑עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;

וְר֧וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

let our lord command, we pray thee, thy servants before thee, they seek a skilful man, playing on a harp, and it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness `from' God being upon thee, that he hath played with his hand, and `it is' well with thee.'

וְט֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

And one of the servants answereth and saith, `Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah `is' with him.'

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

And Jesse taketh an ass, `with' bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

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

And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of `sadness from' God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.

וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which `is' to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim;

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines.

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

And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley `is' between them.

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

And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath `is' his name, from Gath; his height `is' six cubits and a span,

וָזָֽרֶת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

and a helmet of brass `is' on his head, and `with' a scaled coat of mail he `is' clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail `is' five thousand shekels of brass,

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

and a frontlet of brass `is' on his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders,

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

and the wood of his spear `is' like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear `is' six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.

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

And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, `Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? `am' not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me;

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

if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'

וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Saul heareth -- and all Israel -- these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David `is' son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name `is' Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men;

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

and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle `are' Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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