1Sa 16:1, 18 | ESV | STEP | The Lord said to Samuel , How long will you grieve over Saul , since I have rejected him from being king over Israel ? Fill your horn with oil , and go . I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite , for I have provided for myself a king among his sons .

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, ^a“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^bI have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^cFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^dfor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 16:18

18 One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, ^ea man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, ^fand the Lord is with him.”