1 Samuel 16:8

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 the LORD said unto 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 on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.'

9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.'

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:11the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to 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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