Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.'
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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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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.
Then Jesse called Abinadab,.... His second son, Sa1 17:13.
and made him pass before Samuel: that he might take a full view of him:
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and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this; which he knew by a private suggestion from him.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Abinadab ... Shammah
Abinadab ... Shammah
These are names of Jesse's sons. (See: How to Translate Names)
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made him pass before Samuel
"told him to go to Samuel"
Jesse then made Shammah pass by
It is understood that Shammah passed by Samuel. AT: "Jesse then made Shammah pass before Samuel" or "Jesse then told Shammah to go to Samuel" (See: Ellipsis)
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Jesse
Samuel
Yahweh
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