1 Samuel 16:8

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, "This one also Yahweh has not chosen."

1 Samuel 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab
His second son, ( 1 Samuel 17:13 )

and made him pass before Samuel:
that he might take a full view of him:

and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this;
which he knew by a private suggestion from him.

1 Samuel 16:8 In-Context

6 {When they came}, he saw Eliab and said, "Surely his anointed one [is] before Yahweh!"

7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For [God does] not [see] what man sees, for a man {looks on the outward appearance}, but Yahweh {looks on the heart}."

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, "This one also Yahweh has not chosen."

9 So Jesse made Shammah pass [before Samuel], but he said, "Yahweh also has not chosen this one."

10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, "Yahweh has not chosen any of these."