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1 Samuel 16:6

Listen to 1 Samuel 16:6
6 Et comme ils entraient, il vit Éliab, et dit en lui même: Certaine-ment l'oint de l'Éternel est devant lui.

1 Samuel 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:6

And it came to pass, when they were come
Jesse and his sons, into the house where the entertainment was; and perhaps before they sat down, went into a private apartment by the direction of Samuel, where he acquainted Jesse with the business he came upon:

that he looked on Eliab;
who was Jesse's firstborn, ( 1 Chronicles 2:13 ) , called Elihu, ( 1 Chronicles 27:18 )

and said, surely the Lord's anointed is before him;
or this is the person it is his pleasure should be anointed king.

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1 Samuel 16:6 In-Context

4 Samuel fit donc comme l'Éternel avait dit, et vint à Bethléhem; et les anciens de la ville accoururent, effrayés, au-devant de lui, et dirent: Viens-tu pour notre bien?
5 Et il répondit: Pour votre bien. Je suis venu pour sacrifier à l'Éternel; purifiez-vous, et venez avec moi au sacrifice. Il fit aussi purifier Isaï et ses fils, et les invita au sacrifice.
6 Et comme ils entraient, il vit Éliab, et dit en lui même: Certaine-ment l'oint de l'Éternel est devant lui.
7 Mais l'Éternel dit à Samuel: Ne prends point garde à son visage, ni à la grandeur de sa taille; car je l'ai rejeté. L'Éternel ne regarde point à ce que l'homme regarde; l'homme regarde à ce qui paraît aux yeux; mais l'Éternel regarde au cœur.
8 Et Isaï appela Abinadab, et le fit passer devant Samuel; mais il dit: L'Éternel n'a pas non plus choisi celui-ci.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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