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So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
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Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
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Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
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And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
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Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.
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And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
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Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
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So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
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And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
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And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
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And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.