When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 16:6 in context
1 Samuel 16:3–9
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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.”
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Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
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He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
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When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
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But the LORD 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 the LORD looks at the heart.”
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
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