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1 Samuel 16:6

When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”

1 Samuel 16:6 WEB

1 Samuel 16:6 in the King James Version

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.

Context

5 He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”

7 But the LORD 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 the LORD looks at the heart.”

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