1 Samuel 16:7

16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by ¹  his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. ²  People look on the outward appearance, ³  but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:13

16:13 So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 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.”

[16:7]  ¹ tn Heb “don’t look toward.”

[16:7]  ² tn Heb “for not that which the man sees.” The translation follows the LXX, which reads, “for not as man sees does God see.” The MT has suffered from homoioteleuton or homoioarcton. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 274.

[16:7]  ³ tn Heb “to the eyes.”

[16:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “a man of form.”