Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 16:6
1 Samuel 16:6 is verse 6 of 1 Samuel chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
King James Version
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.
World English Bible
When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
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1 Samuel 16:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
5 “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 17:13The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
1 Samuel 17:22Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
1 Chronicles 2:13Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
1 Chronicles 27:18over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;
Judges 8:18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.