1 Samuel

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16:17 bbeAnd Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
16:23 bbeAnd whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.
16:15 bbeAnd Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
16:19 bbeSo Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
16:3 bbeAnd send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
16:20 bbeAnd Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
16:10 bbeAnd Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
16:18 bbeThen one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
16:11 bbeThen Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
16:12 bbeSo he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
16:8 bbeThen Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
16:6 bbeNow when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
16:4 bbeAnd Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
16:9 bbeThen Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
16:5 bbeAnd he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
16:22 bbeAnd Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
16:1 bbeAnd the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
16:7 bbeBut the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
16:21 bbeAnd David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
16:2 bbeAnd Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
16:14 bbeNow the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
16:13 bbeThen Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
16:16 bbeNow give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.