...Jesse, Are here all thy children ? And he said, There rcmaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, lie ohn Kitto 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal 7of a beautiful countenance, and goodly...

...with me to the sacrifice;" but when he understood that Jesse's youngest son was absent, he said to Jesse, " Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither." 1 Sam. xvi, 5, 11. We may also refer to the practice of selecting the portion for the priest, as described...

...chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he saith, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep....and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of ii beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And * The Lord's Christ. the Lord said, Arise, anoint...

...these. 1 1 And Samuel said unto Jesse. Are here all thy children? And he said. There remainelh yel felch him: for we will noi sii down lili he come hilher. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he...

...brown with goodly eyes, and well favoured in sight'. By contrast, this is what Authorised Version has: 'Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.' That is the sort of sentence that gets the Bible a bad name. No one, ever, spoke that, or could do,...

...Because of David, God had a pleased heart. Notice what the Bible says when David was brought to Samuel: "And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,...the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. " Christians should desire a fresh anointing from God so He can use and bless their lives. God is looking...

...the same as saying, "He does not amount to much; it is foolish to ask to see him." But Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither." David, the shepherd lad, came in, his cheeks rosy and his face pleasant. And Samuel took the horn of...

...from the heights of Mount Sinai, and the time of King David, with whom commenced the third period. "He was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to," (I Samuel xvi. 12,) and he, the shepherd of his father's sheep was chosen by the Lord to be king over...

...in her own life. David the King I shall be gracious unto whom I shall be gracious . . . EXODUS 33:19 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,...the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. I SAMUEL l6:i2 C ome have it, some don't. Magic, charisma, giftedness, k*J perfection. The world is...

...build" - terms that closely match the description of David when the prophet Samuel first encounters him: "Now he was ruddy and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to" (I Samuel 16:12). Later, when Goliath meets David, "he disdained him, for he was but a youth, and ruddy,...