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1 Samuel 16:9-11
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 16:9-11
Common English Bible
9 So Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “No, the Lord hasn’t chosen this one.” 10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord hasn’t picked any of these.” 11 Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Is that all of your boys?”
“There is still the youngest one,” Jesse answered, “but he’s out keeping the sheep.”
“Send for him,” Samuel told Jesse, “because we can’t proceed until he gets here.”[a]
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- 1 Samuel 16:11 MT; LXX we won’t sit down (that is, to eat)
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