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1 Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”

  • KJV King James Version

    Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.'

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to 1 Samuel 16:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 17:13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:13 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

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Explain this verse (3 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him…

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

Ver. 8. Then Jesse.] Who was now made of the council.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then Jesse called Abinadab,.... His second son, Sa1 17:13.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Abinadab ... Shammah

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