1 Samuel 16:9

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”

10Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Kings 4:11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as 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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