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1 Finalmente el Señor le dijo a Samuel: ―Basta ya de llorar a Saúl, porque lo he rechazado como rey de Israel. Toma un cuerno de aceite de oliva, ve a Belén y busca a un hombre llamado Isaí, porque a uno de sus hijos he escogido para que sea el nuevo rey.
1 Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
2 Pero Samuel preguntó: ―¿Cómo? Si Saúl se entera, me matará. ―Lleva contigo una becerra y di que has ido a ofrecer un sacrificio al Señor.
2 Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’
3 Invita a Isaí al sacrificio y yo te mostraré a cuál de sus hijos debes ungir.
3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.”
4 Samuel hizo lo que el Señor le ordenó. Cuando llegó a Belén, los ancianos de la ciudad salieron temblando a su encuentro. ―¿Qué pasa? —le preguntaron—. ¿A qué has venido?
4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
5 ―No pasa nada —contestó Samuel—. He venido a ofrecer un sacrificio al Señor. Purifíquense y acompáñenme al sacrificio. Y realizó el rito de la purificación en favor de Isaí y de sus hijos y los invitó al sacrificio.
5 He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 Cuando llegaron, Samuel miró a Eliab y pensó: «Este debe ser el hombre que el Señor ha escogido».
6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
7 Pero el Señor le dijo: ―No juzgues al hombre por su apariencia. No, no es este. Yo no escojo como los hombres lo hacen. Los hombres juzgan por la apariencia exterior, pero yo miro el corazón.
7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
8 Isaí le presentó entonces a su hijo Abinadab. Pero el Señor le dijo: ―Este tampoco es el escogido.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
9 Isaí le presentó a Sama, pero Samuel dijo: ―No, este tampoco es.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
10 Así le fueron presentando, uno por uno, siete de los hijos de Isaí, pero todos fueron rechazados. El Señor no ha escogido a ninguno de ellos
10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
11 —le dijo Samuel a Isaí—. ¿Estos son todos los hijos que tienes? ―Sólo falta el menor —replicó Isaí—, pero está en el campo cuidando las ovejas. ―Mándalo a buscar inmediatamente —dijo Samuel— porque no me sentaré a comer hasta que él haya llegado.
11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
12 Isaí lo mandó a buscar: Era un joven gallardo, trigueño y de aspecto agradable. Y el Señor le dijo: ―Este es, úngelo.
12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
13 Samuel tomó el aceite de oliva que había traído y lo derramó sobre la cabeza de David delante de sus hermanos. El Espíritu del Señor entonces descendió sobre él y le dio gran poder desde aquel día en adelante. Y Samuel regresó a Ramá.
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
14 El Espíritu del Señor se había apartado de Saúl, y en cambio, le había enviado un espíritu que lo atormentaba.
14 Now Yahweh’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
15 Algunos de los servidores de Saúl le sugirieron un remedio. ―¿Por qué no nos autorizas a buscar un buen músico que toque el arpa delante de ti cuando viene el espíritu que te atormenta? La música del arpa te dará tranquilidad y te hará bien.
15 Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
16 Not in this translation
16 Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well.”
17 ―Bien —dijo Saúl—. Búsquenme un músico que toque el arpa.
17 Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
18 Uno de los cortesanos le dijo que conocía a un joven de Belén hijo de un hombre llamado Isaí, que no sólo era un arpista con talento sino un joven gallardo, valiente, fuerte y juicioso. ―Lo que es más —añadieron—, el Señor está con él.
18 Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”
19 Saúl envió mensajeros a Isaí pidiéndole que le enviara a su hijo David el pastor,
19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
20 Isaí respondió enviando no solamente a David, sino también un cabrito, y un burro cargado de panes y un odre de vino.
20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
21 Desde el instante en que vio a David, Saúl se encariñó con él y lo hizo su escudero,
21 David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
22 y le mandó el siguiente recado a Isaí: «Deja que David se quede conmigo, porque me agrada».
22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”
23 Y cada vez que el espíritu que lo atormentaba, de parte de Dios, molestaba a Saúl, David tocaba el arpa y Saúl se sentía mejor, y el espíritu malo que lo turbaba se apartaba de él.
23 When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinadab
A brother of David who passed before Samuel and later served in Saul's army.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Eliab
Jesse's tall firstborn, passed over when Samuel came to anoint a king from among his sons.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:28
Jesse
The Bethlehemite whose youngest son David was anointed king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16:1-13; Isa. 11:1; Ruth 4:22; Matt. 1:5-6
Shimea
A brother of David whose son Jonadab and nephew Jonathan appear later in David's story.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 13:3
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 15:35; Psalm 78:68–71; Romans 15:12
- 2 1 Samuel 9:12; 1 Samuel 20:29; Matthew 10:16; Luke 1:34; Jeremiah 38:26–27
- 3 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 16:12–13; Acts 9:6; 1 Samuel 9:12–13
- 4 1 Kings 2:13; 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Chronicles 12:17–18; 2 Kings 9:22; Luke 5:8
- 5 Exodus 19:10; Leviticus 20:7–8; Joshua 3:5; Joshua 7:13; Exodus 19:14–15
- 6 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 7 John 7:24; Jeremiah 17:10; Luke 16:15; Isaiah 55:8–9; 1 Peter 3:4
- 8 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 9 1 Samuel 17:13; 2 Samuel 13:3; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 10 1 Chronicles 2:13–15
- 11 Psalm 78:70–71; 2 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Chronicles 17:7; 2 Samuel 13:3
- 12 Song of Songs 5:10; Lamentations 4:7; 1 Samuel 17:42; Psalm 89:19–20; 1 Samuel 9:17
- 13 1 Samuel 10:6; Hebrews 1:9; John 3:34; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:9–10
- 14 Psalm 51:11; 1 Samuel 18:12; Judges 9:23; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 18:10
- 18 1 Samuel 3:19; Genesis 39:23; Genesis 39:2; 1 Samuel 17:32–36; 1 Samuel 10:7
- 19 1 Samuel 17:15; 1 Samuel 16:11; Psalm 78:70–72; Matthew 4:18–22; 1 Kings 19:19
- 20 1 Samuel 10:27; Proverbs 18:16; 1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Samuel 25:18; Genesis 43:11
- 21 Genesis 41:46; Proverbs 22:29; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 118:9; Deuteronomy 10:8
- 23 1 Samuel 16:14–16; 1 Samuel 18:10–11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… him the person of mankind, and hath heeded the bonds of all men, hath considered the offspring of death, hath adverted to the origin of iniquity, and he saith, "For, behold, in iniquities I was conceived." Was David born of adultery; being born of Jesse, a righteous man, and his own wife?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Though again it be Samuel who is doing this, He saith unto him, "Mourn not thou for Saul." Though for his own sister one entreat, when it is not fitting, he again shall have the same sort of answer as Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face." Let us not then be looking open-mouthed towards others.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… generally, their variable conditions, so, very frequently is the Spirit in the soul; since He does not abide with those who, on account of the instability of their will, easily reject the grace which they have received. An instance of this is seen in Saul, and the seventy elders of the children of Israel, except Eldad and Medad, with whom …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… Benjamin, or the tribe of Benjamin He chose not, out of which a king already had begun to be; for thence there had been chosen Saul; whence because of the very proximity of the time, when he had been rejected and refused, and David chosen, this might conveniently have been said; but yet was not said: but he hath named …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)