1 Samuel 16:9

9 Yishai presented Shammah; again Sh'mu'el said, "ADONAI hasn't chosen this one either."

1 Samuel 16:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:9

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by
His third son, ( 1 Samuel 17:13 ) , sometimes called Shimma, and Shimeah, ( 1 Chronicles 2:13 ) ( 2 Samuel 13:3 )

and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this;
which he knew in the same way as before.

1 Samuel 16:9 In-Context

7 But ADONAI said to Sh'mu'el, "Don't pay attention to how he looks or how tall he is, because I have rejected him. ADONAI doesn't see the way humans see - humans look at the outward appearance, but ADONAI looks at the heart."

8 Then Yishai called Avinadav and presented him to Sh'mu'el; but he said, "ADONAI hasn't chosen this one either."

9 Yishai presented Shammah; again Sh'mu'el said, "ADONAI hasn't chosen this one either."

10 Yishai presented seven of his sons to Sh'mu'el; but Sh'mu'el told Yishai, "ADONAI has not chosen these.

11 Are all your sons here?" Sh'mu'el asked Yishai. He replied, "There is still the youngest; he's out there tending the sheep." Sh'mu'el said to Yishai, "Send and bring him back, because we won't sit down to eat until he gets here."