And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.(1 Samuel 16:3)

And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?(1 Samuel 16:4)

And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.(1 Samuel 16:5)

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.(1 Samuel 16:7)

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.(1 Samuel 16:8)

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.(1 Samuel 16:9)

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1 Samuel 16:6 - Cross Reference

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, (1 Chronicles 2:13)

Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: (1 Chronicles 27:18)

And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. (1 Samuel 17:22)

Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. (Judges 8:18)

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (1 Samuel 17:13)

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: (1 Kings 12:26)