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1 Samuel · read by Harry Deutchman
16 verses, in order. Only the verses Harry read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 16
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"How can I go?" Samuel asked. "Saul will hear of it and kill me!" The LORD answered, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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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?"Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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"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.Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, "Surely here before the LORD is His anointed."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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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."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, "The LORD has not chosen any of these."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
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So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 07 David Under Pressure
1 Samuel 30
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When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 06 Pressure-Burdenbearing
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but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man's wife and children. They may take them and go."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 06 Pressure-Burdenbearing
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But David said, "My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 06 Pressure-Burdenbearing
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Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike."Read from KJV · Pressures of Christianity 06 Pressure-Burdenbearing