Discovery Box1 Samuel 16:1 
ContextSamuel Anoints David as King
16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 1 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 2 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 3
1 Samuel 16:18
Context16:18 One of his attendants replied, 4 “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem 5 who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior 6 and is articulate 7 and handsome, 8 for the Lord is with him.”
1 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
3 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”
4 tn Heb “answered and said.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
6 tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”
7 tn Heb “discerning of word.”
8 tn Heb “a man of form.”
