1 Samuel 16:9 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 16:9

Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

KJV

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by,.... His third son, 1Sa 17:13, sometimes called Shimma, and Shimeah, 1Ch 2:13. and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this; which he knew in the same way as before.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Samuel said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him--Here Samuel, in consequence of taking his impressions from the external appearance, falls into the same error as formerly (1Sa 10:24).

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר	vai.ya.'a.Ver	and he made pass by	H5674 →
יִשַׁ֖י	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →
שַׁמָּ֑ה	sha.Mah	Shammah	H8048 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
בָּזֶ֖ה	ba.Zeh	<in> this one	H2088 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
בָחַ֥ר	va.Char	he has chosen	H977 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:28
  Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 17:13
  The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
- 1 Samuel 16:6–13
  When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
Through
1 Samuel 17:13
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 2:13
  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
- 2 Samuel 13:3
  Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
- 2 Samuel 21:21
  and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 1 Samuel 16:6–9
  When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
Through
2 Samuel 13:3
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”