1 Samuel 16:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ “Let our Lord therefore command your servants before you to seek a man who is a cunning player upon the harp, so that when the God’s spirit of misery comes upon you, he may play with his hand, and you may be eased.

¹⁷ Then Saul said to his servants, “Please provide me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”

¹⁸ Then one of his servants answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse, a Bethlehemite, who can play. He is strong, valiant, a man of war, wise in matters and good-looking. And the LORD is with him.