Add parallel Print Page Options

When they arrived, Samuel[a] noticed[b] Eliab and said to himself,[c] “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king.”[d]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 1 Samuel 16:6 tn Heb “saw.”
  3. 1 Samuel 16:6 tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).
  4. 1 Samuel 16:6 tn Heb “his anointed one.”