1 Samuel 16:9

And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, 'Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, 'Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

10And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, 'Jehovah hath not fixed on these.'

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:13and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle [are] Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Kings 4:11Ben-Abinadab [hath] all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became 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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