1 Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

In Context

7But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.

9Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:11Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 16:7-14

David Anointed by Samuel. ( b. c. 1065.) 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord 's anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 9 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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